I am using apache commons + log4j for my web app.
normally log4j needs a configuration file inside the classpath; but I need to delegate the logging configuration to an external file (I need to deploy a .war in an environment, but the log configurations (max size, position, etc) it's up to a second team.
I have a commons-logging.properties in my classpath
org.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons.logging.impl.Log4JLogger
# log4j.configuration=/absolute/path/where/external/logs/are/log4j.properties
unfortunately, the commented line doesn't work.
Is there a way to set up log4j with an external configuration file?
解决方案
You can set it as a system property log4j.configuration property .. for example in J2SE app
java -Dlog4j.configuration=file:/path/to/log4j.properties myApp
Note, that property value must be a URL.
For more read section 'Default Initialization Procedure' in Log4j manual.
It's also possible letting a ServletContextListener set the System properties:
import java.util.Enumeration;
import javax.servlet.*;
public class SystemPropertiesHelper implements
javax.servlet.ServletContextListener {
private ServletContext context = null;
public void contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent event) {
context = event.getServletContext();
Enumeration params = context.getInitParameterNames();
while (params.hasMoreElements()) {
String param = (String) params.nextElement();
String value =
context.getInitParameter(param);
if (param.startsWith("customPrefix.")) {
System.setProperty(param, value);
}
}
}
public void contextDestroyed(ServletContextEvent event) {
}
}
And then put this into your web.xml (should be possible for context.xml too)
customPrefix.property
value
java.lang.String
servletUtils.SystemPropertiesHelper
I got this from this listener code from answer .
I hope this could help you!