Add support for logging being configured externally

• Key: OPENEJB-675
• Type: Task
• Status: Resolved
• Resolution: Fixed
• Priority: Major
• Assignee: karan singh malhi
• Reporter: karan singh malhi
• Affects Version/s: 3.0-beta-1
• Fix Version/s: 3.0-beta-1

Description

Currently Geronimo users find it difficult to configure logging for OpenEJB categories. Modify Logger to add support for external configuration of logging

Comments

[karan singh malhi]

Modified o.a.o.util.Logger to check for a system property named "openejb.logger.external".

If this property is false, then configure logging according to OpenEJB's internal rules of configuration

If this property is true, then do nothing i.e. just assume that the external software (e.g. Geronimo) set the log4j.configuration property to the appropriate properties file. The LogManager will automatically configure itself based on the properties file set by the log4j.configuration system property i.e. the default behaviour of log4j.

[karan singh malhi]

Tested this and works fine. Will wait for anybody to report any problems, otherwise will close the issue next week