[logback-user] Question about MDC in servlet init() method

[Stefan Frings]

Thanks for your clarification.

In my case the applicationName is nott related to lockback because I
do not use logback. But I use the MDC class with my own logger. MDC
can be very handy if man understand correctly how it works and where
it does not.

Message from Ceki Gulcu
> Hello Stephan,
>
> Values placed in the MDC are valid for the current thread only. When
> a servlet
> responds to an HTTP request, it may or may not be running under the
> same thread
> that invoked its init() method.
>
> You have several options. You can set MDC at the beginning of your
> servlet's
> service method. If you have multiple servlets, you can set the MDC
> from a
> servlet *filter* for a group of servlets before they get invoked.
>
> As for setting the applicationName for your web-application, I think
> this is
> such as general requirement that logback should support this feature
> out of the
> box. I am creating a bug report to remind myself.
>
> I hope this helps,
>
> Stefan Frings wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Lets assume I call MDC.put("applicationName","whatever") in the
>> servlet init() method. Can I read this later in the service()
>> method?
>>
>> I'm asking because some weeks ago I noticed that this did not
>> work.
>> I assumed that the threads running service() are not childrens of
>> the thread that runs init().
>>
>> However, I tried this again today, and this time it worked fine. I
>> was not able to reproduce the problem.
>>
>> But before I do such things now in real web applications, I like
>> to
>> be sure if thats Ok.
>>
>> Can I set MDC variables in init() and read them in service()
>> safely,
>> or does this work only randomly or under special conditions?
>
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