Re: [Quickfixj-users] Unable to route quickfixj.events to log via Log4j (over SLF4J)

[Christoph J. <chr...@ma...>]

Hmm, OK.
Just to rule outany regression error: could you please test with version 2.0.0?

Thanks,
Chris.


On 31/08/18 10:06, Xiau Wei Toon wrote:
> Indeed that is correct. The logfile is created but permanently empty. I have:
> 1. Removed all the default slf4j configuration from session settings
> 2. Added appender for log4j.logger.quickfixj.errorEvent
>
> Files are created, but empty. I redirect all the screen logs from java execute line to a dumpfile 
> and I can see all quickfixj events and msg logs generated without any WARN or ERROR. Turning on 
> additivity will not make a copy in system_debug.log as well. Version2.1 is the one used.
>
>
> On Fri, 31 Aug 2018, 3:31 pm Christoph John, <chr...@ma... 
> <mailto:chr...@ma...>> wrote:
>
>     So you are saying the file ./logs/quickfix.log gets created but with no content? No messages
>     and no events?
>     The SLF4J settings you are passing are the default ones as far as I can see. What happens if
>     you omit them?
>     I have just seen there is an undocumented setting SLF4JLogErrorEventCategory which defaults to
>     "quickfixj.errorEvent". What happens if you add that to your settings?
>
>     IMHO it can only be a minor config error since this feature is used by many people. Which QFJ
>     version are you using BTW?
>
>     Chris.
>
>     On 31/08/18 08:59, ToonXW wrote:
>>     QuickFIX/J Documentation:http://www.quickfixj.org/documentation/
>>     QuickFIX/J Support:http://www.quickfixj.org/support/
>>
>>
>>     I have been trying to route all event logs to one daily rolling log file,
>>     however it is unclear what is going wrong. I verified that quickfixj picked
>>     up the log4j.properties file (by forcing an exception) and also confirmed
>>     that the target log file was created post startup. Please advise.
>>
>>     *SessionSettings:*
>>     SLF4JLogEventCategory=quickfixj.event
>>     SLF4JLogIncomingMessageCategory=quickfixj.incoming
>>     SLF4JLogOutgoingMessageCategory=quickfixj.outgoing
>>     SLF4JLogPrependSessionID=Y
>>     SLF4JLogHeartbeats=Y
>>
>>     *When building ThreadedSocketInitiator:*
>>     LogFactory logFactory = new SLF4JLogFactory(sessionSettings);
>>
>>     *log4j.properties:*
>>     # Root logger option
>>     log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG, core
>>     # Write to log files, support date rolling.
>>     log4j.appender.core=org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender
>>     log4j.appender.core.Append=true
>>     log4j.appender.core.File=./logs/system_debug.log
>>     log4j.appender.core.DatePattern='.'yyyy-MM-dd
>>     log4j.appender.core.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
>>     log4j.appender.core.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS}
>>     %-5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n
>>     # Quickfixj appender(s): quickfixj.event / quickfixj.incoming /
>>     quickfixj.outgoing
>>     log4j.logger.quickfixj.event=DEBUG, quickfixEvents
>>     log4j.additivity.quickfixj.event=false;
>>     log4j.appender.quickfixEvents=org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender
>>     log4j.appender.quickfixEvents.Append=true
>>     log4j.appender.quickfixEvents.File=./logs/quickfix.log
>>     log4j.appender.quickfixEvents.DatePattern='.'yyyy-MM-dd
>>     log4j.appender.quickfixEvents.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
>>     log4j.appender.quickfixEvents.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd
>>     HH:mm:ss.SSS} %-5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n
>>

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