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Revision as of 10:51, 4 January 2010
Concepts
Log4j has four fundamental objects: categories, priorities (levels), appenders and layouts.
Category
A category is a like java named entity. There exists a special root category that simply is, but has no name.
Priority
Priority objects have both a string name and an integer value. The name is simply a mnemonic label for the priority. The integer value defines a relative order amongst priorities. The Level class extends the Priority class to be conform with java.util.logging.
Configuration
Properties can be defined by a properties file or by an XML file. The xml configuration class offers more flexibility and the benefits, and drawbacks, of an XML based configuration.
Logging Level are:
- ALL
- DEBUG
- ERROR
- FATAL
- INFO
- OFF
- TRACE
- WARN