org.springframework.web.util
Class Log4jConfigServlet

java.lang.Object
  javax.servlet.GenericServlet
      javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet
          org.springframework.web.util.Log4jConfigServlet

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Servlet, ServletConfig

public class Log4jConfigServlet

extends HttpServlet

Bootstrap servlet for custom Log4J initialization in a web environment. Delegates to Log4jWebConfigurer (see its javadoc for configuration details). WARNING: Assumes an expanded WAR file, both for loading the configuration file and for writing the log files. If you want to keep your WAR unexpanded or don't need application-specific log files within the WAR directory, don't use Log4J setup within the application (thus, don't use Log4jConfigListener or Log4jConfigServlet). Instead, use a global, VM-wide Log4J setup (for example, in JBoss) or JDK 1.4's java.util.logging (which is global too).

Note: This servlet should have a lower load-on-startup value in web.xml than ContextLoaderServlet, when using custom Log4J initialization.

Note that this class has been deprecated for containers implementing Servlet API 2.4 or higher, in favor of Log4jConfigListener.
According to Servlet 2.4, listeners must be initialized before load-on-startup servlets. Many Servlet 2.3 containers already enforce this behavior (see ContextLoaderServlet javadocs for details). If you use such a container, this servlet can be replaced with Log4jConfigListener. Else or if working with a Servlet 2.2 container, stick with this servlet.

Since:

12.08.2003

Author:

Juergen Hoeller, Darren Davison

See Also:

Log4jWebConfigurer, Log4jConfigListener, ContextLoaderServlet, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Log4jConfigServlet()

Method Summary

void	destroy()
String	getServletInfo()
void	init()
void	service(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) This should never even be called since no mapping to this servlet should ever be created in web.xml.

Methods inherited from class javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet

doDelete, doGet, doHead, doOptions, doPost, doPut, doTrace, getLastModified, service

Methods inherited from class javax.servlet.GenericServlet

getInitParameter, getInitParameterNames, getServletConfig, getServletContext, getServletName, init, log, log

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Log4jConfigServlet

public Log4jConfigServlet()

Method Detail

init

public void init()

destroy

public void destroy()

service

public void service(HttpServletRequest request,
                    HttpServletResponse response)
             throws IOException

This should never even be called since no mapping to this servlet should ever be created in web.xml. That's why a correctly invoked Servlet 2.3 listener is much more appropriate for initialization work ;-)

Throws:

IOException

getServletInfo

public String getServletInfo()