[logback-user] What support is needed to run with logback.groovy configuration?

[Steve Cohen]

Thanks, Robert, now we are getting somewhere.

Indeed, my logback.groovy contains the line
	def logdir = ${files.root}/logdir

This came from a translation of my logback.xml by ceki's handy converter 
webpage.  Logback.xml had
	<property name="logdir" value = "${files.root}/logdir" />

where files.root is the name of a System property.

So the question is, is there a way to express a system property name in 
groovy and what is it?

Steve

Indeed
On 08/24/2012 02:50 PM, Robert Elliot wrote:
> I haven't used the groovy config, but it sounds to me like you effectively have a compile error in your config - you are using the word "files" as an identifier somewhere where the Logback groovy config is not expecting it.
>
> Groovy DSLs tend to work by doing a lot of clever stuff around syntax, building on the fact that at compile time Groovy doesn't know what properties may be available on a class at runtime.  Consequently you don't get compile time indicators as to whether you are getting the syntax of the DSL right; instead it fails at runtime, complaining that a property was not present.
>
> Rob
>
> On 24 Aug 2012, at 20:00, Steve Cohen <scohen at javactivity.org> wrote:
>
>> After upgrading to logback-1.0.7 and groovy 2.0.0, the problem below continues to be an issue and I am unable to make progress with it.  The error messages are the same.
>>
>> Failed to instantiate [ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext]
>> Reported exception:
>> groovy.lang.MissingPropertyException: No such property: files for class: Script1
>>
>> I am no groovy expert.  I want to use groovy only because it offers a terser notation than xml configuration that would enable me to more easily manage my configuration on the fly.
>>
>> But I can't get past this error or know what it even means.
>>
>>     No such property: files for class: Script1
>>
>> I have no clue how to solve this.  Can someone please help?  What is it trying to tell me?  I know of no "Script1"
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>