It may be good if we add more status logs during initialization for all the
locations where we currently try to find the config file.
I remember that log4j-web prints all locations.
A more compact version of that may be useful.
Config file not found is a common theme with Log4j2 on StackOverflow..
I wonder how tricky such a refactoring would be. I could also imagine an
enum listing all possible config locations and an API that takes an enum
var arg for where to look. The default would be look everywhere. We getting
out in left field WRT logging here... but it is still important IMO.
Gary
The javadoc doesn't tell the full story here, which is that the current method
searches the classpath next if the specified file doesn't exist. I guess it
returns null after exhausting all options.
Gary wants a way to stop in the middle.
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> On Apr 12, 2017, at 17:53, Mikae
Given that the Javadoc since 1,5 years ago says:
@return The LoggerContext or null if an error occurred (check the status
logger)
I think it would be fine to return null if the given file is not found.
On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 10:40 AM, Gary Gregory
wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 1:31 AM, Rem
On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 1:31 AM, Remko Popma wrote:
> I'd avoid changing the semantics of existing methods. I also favor 3.
> (initializeStrict?)
>
Not a great method name but I am hard-pressed to come up with a better name:
- initializeStrict
- initializeChecked
- initializeValidate
- initial
I'd avoid changing the semantics of existing methods. I also favor 3.
(initializeStrict?)
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> On Apr 12, 2017, at 15:00, Matt Sicker wrote:
>
> This is a nice showcase for an Either data type similar to Optional, but
> with a value or an error.
>
>> On 12 April 2017 at 00:4
This is a nice showcase for an Either data type similar to Optional, but
with a value or an error.
On 12 April 2017 at 00:41, Gary Gregory wrote:
> The problem with the API as it is now is that I have no idea if the API
> did what I asked it to do. It does initialize log4j all right but not in a
