log4j custom category name

Wowza Streaming Engine
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Hi,

There is a little but annoying problem with custom category names in log4j.

My goal is to filter logger output to show only output from my modules.

I have the following code:

WMSLoggerFactory.getLoggerObj(appInst).info("my comment blah blah", "ether", "comment", 200, appInst.getApplication().getName()+"/"+appInst.getName());

Then, in log4j.properties I write:

log4j.appender.ether.layout.CategoryInclude=ether

But log4j not allows this, sending following to stderr:

Log file configuration error: Invalid category name in CategoryInclude: ether

At the moment, I use this workaround:

log4j.appender.ether.layout.CategoryExclude=vhost,server,application,stream,session

But it not seems to be a good way.

Can somebody tell me where to dig?

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Hi heronman,

Although you can add custom categories to the logs as needed, these categories are defined elsewhere. So when you invoke CategoryInclude, it checks against this pre-defined list.

https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-configure-vhost-and-application-context-logging

Michelle