当log4j与MySQL长时间连接的时候,会发现数据库日志不再记录,查看系统日志发现抛出如下异常:
com.mysql.jdbc.exceptions.jdbc4.CommunicationsException:
The last packet successfully received from the server was62258 seconds ago.The last packet sent successfully to the server was 62258 seconds ago, which is longer than the server configured value of 'wait_timeout'. You should consider either expiring and/or testing connection validity before use in your application, increasing the server configured values for client timeouts, or using the Connector/J connection property 'autoReconnect=true' to avoid this problem.
造成这种问题的原因有如下两个方面:
1、mysql会自动把超过wait_timeout时间的connection单方面切断。
2、log4j没有采用系统的连接池来托管数据库连接而是采用了jdbc连接,该连接一旦获取,便不再释放,当遇上第一种情况时,自然会抛出异常。
解决办法其实也挺简单,就是按照提示在使用application之前先判断connection是否有效,如果无效则重新获取连接即可。
此时需参考log4j中JDBCAppender的getConnectino方法的实现源代码:
protected Connection getConnection() throws SQLException {
if (!DriverManager.getDrivers().hasMoreElements())
setDriver("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
if (connection == null) {
connection = DriverManager.getConnection(databaseURL, databaseUser,
databasePassword);
}
return connection;
}
我们再写一个JDBCAppender继承log4j,重写getConnection,增加测试连接是否有效的语句:
@Override
protected Connection getConnection() throws SQLException {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
if (!DriverManager.getDrivers().hasMoreElements())
setDriver("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
// 判断连接是否实效,如果失效,则重新获取连接
com.mysql.jdbc.Connection cn = (com.mysql.jdbc.Connection) connection;
try {
cn.ping();
} catch (SQLException e) {
System.out.println(new java.text.SimpleDateFormat(
"yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss").format(new Date())
+ "LOG4J连接失效,将重新获取连接");
connection = null;
}
if (connection == null) {
connection = DriverManager.getConnection(databaseURL, databaseUser,
databasePassword);
}
return connection;
}
注意,不能用connection中的isClose来判断连接是否有效,因为java帮助文档中有这样的话:
This method generally cannot be called to determine whether aconnection to a database is valid or invalid. A typical clientcan determine that a connection is invalid by catching any exceptions that might be thrown when an operation is attempted。
解铃还须系铃人,看来mysql长时间连接问题,只能通过mysql数据库驱动中的方法去解决,刚好com.mysql.jdbc.Connection提供了ping方法,该方法的说明为:
Detect if the connection is still good by sending a ping command to the server.
正好可以用来测试连接是否有效,如果抛出异常,则需要重新获取数据库连接(获取之前需要先把原来的连接置为null,不然失效的connection会像滚雪球一样原来越多。。。。。)。