[logback-user] ReconfigureOnChangeFilter does not reuse context properties?

[Mike Müller]

Yes, there are different systems with the same configuration running on the
same server. Each system gets the path derived from the path where the app
is installed. So system properties are not a solution. 

best regards
mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Logback-user [mailto:logback-user-bounces at qos.ch] On Behalf Of David
> Roussel
> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2014 10:34 AM
> To: logback users list
> Cc: logback-user at qos.ch
> Subject: Re: [logback-user] ReconfigureOnChangeFilter does not reuse context
> properties?
> 
> I've not hit this problem before because I just used system properties to pass info
> into the logging setup.
> 
> Is there some reason why you can't use system properties?
> 
> David
> 
> > On 9 Jan 2014, at 08:59, Mike Müller <mikedev at mysign.ch> wrote:
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > I'm using a config file wich looks like this:
> >
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> >
> > <configuration scan="true" scanPeriod="60 seconds" >
> > <appender name="cms" class="ch.qos.logback.core.FileAppender">
> >    <file>${pathToLogs}mysign-cms.log</file>
> >    <Append>false</Append>
> >    <encoder>
> >      <pattern>%d %30.30t %-5p %45.45c - %m%n</pattern>
> >    </encoder>
> >  </appender>
> >  <appender name="R" class="ch.qos.logback.core.FileAppender">
> >    <file>${pathToLogs}log.log</file>
> >    <Append>false</Append>
> >    <encoder>
> >      <pattern>%d %30.30t %-5p %45.45c - %m%n</pattern>
> >    </encoder>
> >  </appender>  <logger name="ch.mysign" additivity="false" level="INFO">
> >    <appender-ref ref="cms"/>
> >  </logger>
> >  <root level="WARN">
> >    <appender-ref ref="R"/>
> >  </root>
> > </configuration>
> >
> >
> > The parameter ${pathToLogs} comes from the following code:
> >
> >            LoggerContext context = (LoggerContext)
> LoggerFactory.getILoggerFactory();
> >
> >            try
> >            {
> >        JoranConfigurator configurator = new JoranConfigurator();
> >        configurator.setContext( context );
> >        context.reset();
> >        context.putProperty( "pathToLog", "my-path-to-the-external-logs" );
> >        configurator.doConfigure("my-logback-config.xml" );
> >    }
> >    catch ( JoranException je )
> >    {
> >        System.out.println( je.getMessage() );
> >    }
> >
> >
> > If I change the config file, the property "pathToLog" gets lost. Is this the same
> issue
> > as descibed in [1]? If yes, is it a problem to reuse the context or at least the
> properties
> > of the old context?
> >
> >
> > [1] http://jira.qos.ch/browse/LOGBACK-592
> >
> > best regards
> > Mike
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