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kisileno
kisileno

Reputation: 787

log4j logger class name wildcard

Is it possible to specify not package based wildcard, but logger name based wildcard in log4j 1.x?

I want something like this:

<logger name="*Reporter" >
    <level value="INFO"/>
    <appender-ref ref="ReportFileAppender"/>
</logger>

Upvotes: 1

Views: 4319

Answers (1)

ben
ben

Reputation: 6023

No (see section "Logger Hierarchy"). What you are trying to do is to define a set of loggers which is not possible as every logger has its own name.

The following should mimic what you are trying to achieve: 

<logger name="Reporter" >
    <level value="INFO"/>
    <appender-ref ref="ReportFileAppender"/>
</logger>

In every *Reporter class:

public class MyReporter {
    private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger("Reporter");

    public MyReporter() {
        logger.debug("foo");
    }
}

My gut feeling is that you really should use packages instead.

Upvotes: 1

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