I have log4j DailyRollingFileAppender class in which setFile() method I need to check database value to decide which file to used for logging.
DailyRollingFileAppender class
public void setFileName()
{
isLoginEnabled = authenticationManager.checkLoginLogging();
}
Here 'authenticationManager' is object of class used to make database call using spring dependency injection feature.
spring-beans.xml
<bean id="dailyRollingFileAppender" class="com.common.util.DailyRollingFileAppender">
<property name="authenticationManager">
<ref bean="authenticationManager"/>
</property>
</bean>
<bean id="authenticationManager" class="com.security.impl.AuthenticationManagerImpl">
<property name="userService">
<ref bean="userService"/>
</property>
</bean>
Now when I start my application log4j gets initiated first and since spring-beans is yet to invoked it throws NullPointerException in method setFileName(). So is there a way I can make call to 'authenticationManager.checkLoginLogging();' from DailyFileAppender class so that when log4j loads it should able to get database value?
A few years late, but I hope this is of help to someone.
I was after similar functionality - I have a custom appender, and i wanted to use an autowired bean to perform some logging using a service we'd built. By making the appender implement the ApplicationContextAware interface, and making the field that i'd normally autowire static, i'm able to inject the spring-controlled bean into the instance of the appender that log4j has instantiated.
@Component
public class SslErrorSecurityAppender extends AppenderSkeleton implements ApplicationContextAware {
private static SecurityLogger securityLogger;
@Override
protected void append(LoggingEvent event) {
securityLogger.log(new SslExceptionSecurityEvent(SecurityEventType.AUTHENTICATION_FAILED, event.getThrowableInformation().getThrowable(), "Unexpected SSL error"));
}
@Override
public boolean requiresLayout() {
return false;
}
@Override
public synchronized void close() {
this.closed = true;
}
@Override
public void setApplicationContext(ApplicationContext applicationContext) {
if (applicationContext.getAutowireCapableBeanFactory().getBean("securityLogger") != null) {
securityLogger = (SecurityLogger) applicationContext.getAutowireCapableBeanFactory().getBean("securityLogger");
}
}
}
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