Hi,
i am trying to log my web application. for a trail basis, i have developed a simple application with just one
servlet.
i have initialized my logger. i am deploying onto
jboss server.
when i deploy my application, i am able to see log's on my jboss server console.
but my log file is not being created.
i have looked at the previous posts on log4j and noticed one common thing. "configuring log4j using .properties file".i am configuring log4j using log4j.xml.
Is configuring with properties file more easier than configuring with an xml??
here are files...
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log4j.xml
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd">
<log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/">
<!-- Appender Reference for CONSOLE based logging -->
<appender name="CONSOLE" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender">
<param name="Target" value="System.out" />
<layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
<param name="ConversionPattern"
value="%d{ABSOLUTE} %-5p [%c{1}] %m%n" />
</layout>
</appender>
<!-- Appender refernce for FILE based logging -->
<appender name="FILE" class="org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender">
<param name="File" value="D:/Logs/MyWebApplicationLogger.log" />
<param name="Append" value="true" />
<param name="Threshold" value="debug" />
<param name="DatePattern" value="'.'yyyy-mm-dd" />
<layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
<param name="ConversionPattern" value="[%x] %d{ABSOLUTE} %-5p [%c{1}] %m%n" />
</layout>
</appender>
<logger name="myWebApplicationLogger.MyWebApplicationLoggerServlet" additivity="false">
<level value="INFO"></level>
<appender-ref ref="CONSOLE"></appender-ref>
<appender-ref ref="FILE"></appender-ref>
</logger>
<root>
<level value="INFO" />
<appender-ref ref="CONSOLE" />
<appender-ref ref="FILE" />
</root>
</log4j:configuration>
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MyWebApplicationLoggerServlet.java
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package myWebApplicationLogger;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.ServletConfig;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
public class MyWebApplicationLoggerServlet extends HttpServlet {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
private Logger logger=null;
public MyWebApplicationLoggerServlet() {
// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
}
public void init(ServletConfig config) throws ServletException {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
logger=Logger.getLogger(MyWebApplicationLoggerServlet.class.getName());
logger.info("Servlet Is Initilized!!!");
}
public void destroy() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
logger.info("Servlet Is Destroyed!!!");
}
protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws ServletException, IOException {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
resp.setContentType("text/html");
resp.getWriter().println("Hello World!!!");
logger.info("In doGet() Method!!!");
}
}
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i have placed my .dtd and .xml file in /WEB-INF/classes
can someone help me out here.
thanks