java log4j xml配置详解,log4j.xml配置的公共变量

I have log4j.xml configuration like this:

...

However the root directory of my file are the same for a lot of appender. Is there a way to defined "/logs/custom/" as a variable and reused it in all of my appender.

Thanks,

Sean

解决方案

UPDATE: The original answer applies to Log4j 1.x

Log4j 2.x has much richer support for properties in configuration file, see the Log4j manual about Configuration with properties.

Log4j 1.x (the original answer):

The only way to achieve something similar when you are using log4j.xml is to set a system property at startup and then reference that from your log4j.xml.

At startup, you set your system property:

java -Dlog_dir=/var/logs/custom com.yourorg.yourapp.Main

Or set it programmatically at runtime (before initializing Log4j):

System.setProperty("log_dir", "/var/logs/custom")

Then you can reference it like this:

...

Or in properties file, like this:

log4j.appender.MyAppender.File = ${log_dir}/my.log

Also, if you are running under Tomcat, you can use ${catalina.home} variable, like this:

...