Property file prob in Log4j

[s. anitha]

Hai ,

i m new to the Log4j i m using PropertyConfigurator to get the content of the .property file.

how did i get the .Xml file which is a property file.if i specify property in xml file ,how can i read that in java file(like property Configurator)

pls help me.

Thanks in Advance.

[Jason Menard]

"sanitha",

Please have another look at the naming policy. JavaRanch requires each registered user to use a plausible first name and last name as their display name, not just a single name, not a first name and a made-up last name, etc...

Regarding your questin, this still isn't the correct forum for log4j questions, so I'm going to move this to Other Open Source Projects.

[Carol Enderlin]

I'm not really sure what you are asking. How did you get the .xml file?

If you have a log4j.xml or log4j.properties file in the classpath, log4j will pick it up (see debug output below, it shows log4j looking first for log4j.xml and then log4j.properties. To specify a differently named or located properties file you can use PropertyConfigurator.configure(), passing the file name into that method.

Originally posted by sanitha:
Hai ,

i m new to the Log4j i m using PropertyConfigurator to get the content of the .property file.

how did i get the .Xml file which is a property file.if i specify property in xml file ,how can i read that in java file(like property Configurator)

pls help me.

Thanks in Advance.

Info below from The Complete log4j Manual by Ceki Gulcu

Pass in file name to main method:
PropertyConfigurator.configure(args[0]);

log4j looks for log4j.xml, then log4j.properties on the command line:


C:\_tools\log4j-manual-2004-12-12\examples>java -Dlog4j.debug chapter3.MyApp2 chapter3/sample0.properties
log4j: Trying to find [log4j.xml] using context classloader sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader@12f6684.
log4j: Trying to find [log4j.xml] using sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader@12f6684 class loader.
log4j: Trying to find [log4j.xml] using ClassLoader.getSystemResource().
log4j: Trying to find [log4j.properties] using context classloader sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader@12f6684.
log4j: Trying to find [log4j.properties] using sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader@12f6684 class loader.
log4j: Trying to find [log4j.properties] using ClassLoader.getSystemResource().
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