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<properties>
<title>Log4j 2 Lookups</title>
<author email="rgoers@apache.org">Ralph Goers</author>
</properties>
<body>
<section name="Lookups">
<p>
Lookups provide a way to add values to the Log4j configuration at arbitrary places. They are
a particular type of Plugin that implements the
<a href="../log4j-core/apidocs/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/lookup/StrLookup.html">StrLookup</a> interface.
Information on how to use Lookups in configuration files can be found in the
<a href="./configuration.html#PropertySubstitution">Property Substitution</a> section of the
<a href="./configuration.html">Configuration</a> page.
</p>
<a name="ContextMapLookup"/>
<subsection name="Context Map Lookup">
<p>
The ContextMapLookup allows applications to store data in the Log4j ThreadContext Map and
then retrieve the values in the Log4j configuration. In the example below, the application
would store the current user's login id in the ThreadContext Map with the key "loginId". During
initial configuration processing the first '$' will be removed. The PatternLayout supports
interpolation with Lookups and will then resolve the variable for each event. Note that
the pattern "%X{loginId}" would achieve the same result.
</p>
<pre class="prettyprint linenums"><![CDATA[
<File name="Application" fileName="application.log">
<PatternLayout>
<pattern>%d %p %c{1.} [%t] $${ctx:loginId} %m%n</pattern>
</PatternLayout>
</File>]]></pre>
</subsection>
<a name="DateLookup"/>
<subsection name="Date Lookup">
<p>
The DateLookup is somewhat unusual from the other lookups as it doesn't use the key to locate an item.
Instead, the key can be used to specify a date format string that is valid for
<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html">SimpleDateFormat</a>.
The current date, or the date associated with the current log event will be formatted as specified.
</p>
<pre class="prettyprint linenums"><![CDATA[
<RollingFile name="Rolling-${map:type}" fileName="${filename}" filePattern="target/rolling1/test1-$${date:MM-dd-yyyy}.%i.log.gz">
<PatternLayout>
<pattern>%d %p %c{1.} [%t] %m%n</pattern>
</PatternLayout>
<SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy size="500" />
</RollingFile>]]></pre>
</subsection>
<a name="DockerLookup"/>
<subsection name="Docker Lookup">
<p>
The DockerLookup can be used to lookup attributes from the Docker container the application is running
in.
</p>
Log4j Docker provides access to the following container attributes:
<table>
<tr><td>containerId</td><td>The full id assigned to the container.</td></tr>
<tr><td>containerName</td><td>The name assigned to the container.</td></tr>
<tr><td>imageId</td><td>The id assigned to the image.</td></tr>
<tr><td>imageName</td><td>The name assigned to the image.</td></tr>
<tr><td>shortContainerId</td><td>The first 12 characters of the container id.</td></tr>
<tr><td>shortImageId</td><td>The first 12 characters of the image id.</td></tr>
</table>
<pre class="prettyprint linenums"><![CDATA[
<JsonLayout properties="true" compact="true" eventEol="true">
<KeyValuePair key="containerId" value="${docker:containerId}"/>
<KeyValuePair key="containerName" value="${docker:containerName}"/>
<KeyValuePair key="imageName" value="${docker:imageName}"/>
</JsonLayout>]]></pre>
<p>
This Lookup is subject to the requirements listed at <a href="../log4j-docker/index.html">Log4j Docker Support</a>
</p>
</subsection>
<a name="EnvironmentLookup"/>
<subsection name="Environment Lookup">
<p>
The EnvironmentLookup allows systems to configure environment variables, either in global files
such as /etc/profile or in the startup scripts for applications, and then retrieve those variables
from within the logging configuration. The example below includes the name of the currently logged
in user in the application log.
</p>
<pre class="prettyprint linenums"><![CDATA[
<File name="Application" fileName="application.log">
<PatternLayout>
<pattern>%d %p %c{1.} [%t] $${env:USER} %m%n</pattern>
</PatternLayout>
</File>]]></pre>
<p>
This lookup also supports default value syntax. In the sample below, when the <code>USER</code> environment
variable is undefined, the default value <code>jdoe</code> is used:
</p>
<pre class="prettyprint linenums"><![CDATA[
<File name="Application" fileName="application.log">
<PatternLayout>
<pattern>%d %p %c{1.} [%t] $${env:USER:-jdoe} %m%n</pattern>
</PatternLayout>
</File>]]></pre>
</subsection>
<a name="EventLookup"/>
<subsection name="EventLookup">
<p>
The EventLookup provides access to fields within the log event from the configuration.
</p>
<table>
<tr>
<th>Key</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Exception</td>
<td>Returns the simple class name of the Exception, if one is included in the event.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Level</td>
<td>Returns the logging Level of the event.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Logger</td>
<td>Returns the name of the Logger.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Marker</td>
<td>Returns the name of the Marker associated with the log event, if one is present.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Message</td>
<td>Returns the formatted Message string.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ThreadId</td>
<td>Returns the thread id associated with the log event.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ThreadName</td>
<td>Returns the name of the thread associate with the log event.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Timestamp</td>
<td>Returns the time in milliseconds when the event occurred.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>
In this example the RoutingAppender picks a route based on the presence of a Marker named "AUDIT" being
present in the log event.
</p>
<pre class="prettyprint linenums"><![CDATA[
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Configuration status="WARN" name="RoutingTest">
<Appenders>
<Console name="STDOUT" target="SYSTEM_OUT" />
<Flume name="AuditLogger" compress="true">
<Agent host="192.168.10.101" port="8800"/>
<Agent host="192.168.10.102" port="8800"/>
<RFC5424Layout enterpriseNumber="18060" includeMDC="true" appName="MyApp"/>
</Flume>
<Routing name="Routing">
<Routes>
<Route pattern="$${event:Marker}">
<RollingFile
name="Rolling-${mdc:UserId}"
fileName="${mdc:UserId}.log"
filePattern="${mdc:UserId}.%i.log.gz">
<PatternLayout>
<pattern>%d %p %c{1.} [%t] %m%n</pattern>
</PatternLayout>
<SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy size="500" />
</RollingFile>
</Route>
<Route ref="AuditLogger" key="AUDIT"/>
<Route ref="STDOUT" key="STDOUT"/>
</Routes>
<IdlePurgePolicy timeToLive="15" timeUnit="minutes"/>
</Routing>
</Appenders>
<Loggers>
<Root level="error">
<AppenderRef ref="Routing" />
</Root>
</Loggers>
</Configuration>]]></pre>
</subsection>
<a name="JavaLookup"/>
<subsection name="Java Lookup">
<p>
The JavaLookup allows Java environment information to be retrieved in convenient preformatted strings
using the <code>java:</code> prefix.
</p>
<table>
<tr>
<th>Key</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>version</td>
<td>
<p>The short Java version, like:</p>
<p><code>Java version 1.7.0_67</code></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>runtime</td>
<td>
<p>The Java runtime version, like:</p>
<p><code>Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_67-b01) from Oracle Corporation</code></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>vm</td>
<td>
<p>The Java VM version, like:</p>
<p><code>Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.65-b04, mixed mode)</code></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>os</td>
<td>
<p>The OS version, like:</p>
<p><code>Windows 7 6.1 Service Pack 1, architecture: amd64-64</code></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>locale</td>
<td>
<p>Hardware information, like:</p>
<p><code>default locale: en_US, platform encoding: Cp1252</code></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>hw</td>
<td>
<p>Hardware information, like:</p>
<p><code>processors: 4, architecture: amd64-64, instruction sets: amd64</code></p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>
For example:
</p>
<pre class="prettyprint linenums"><![CDATA[
<File name="Application" fileName="application.log">
<PatternLayout header="${java:runtime} - ${java:vm} - ${java:os}">
<Pattern>%d %m%n</Pattern>
</PatternLayout>
</File>]]></pre>
</subsection>
<a name="JndiLookup"/>
<subsection name="Jndi Lookup">
<p>
The JndiLookup allows variables to be retrieved via JNDI. By default the key will be prefixed with
java:comp/env/, however if the key contains a ":" no prefix will be added.
</p>
<pre class="prettyprint linenums"><![CDATA[
<File name="Application" fileName="application.log">
<PatternLayout>
<pattern>%d %p %c{1.} [%t] $${jndi:logging/context-name} %m%n</pattern>
</PatternLayout>
</File>]]></pre>
<p><strong>Java's JNDI module is not available on Android.</strong></p>
</subsection>
<a name="JmxRuntimeInputArgumentsLookup"/>
<subsection name="JVM Input Arguments Lookup (JMX)">
<p>
Maps JVM input arguments -- but not <em>main</em> arguments -- using JMX to acquire the JVM arguments.
</p>
<p>
Use the prefix <code>jvmrunargs</code> to access JVM arguments.
</p>
<p>
See the Javadocs for
<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/management/RuntimeMXBean.html#getInputArguments--">
java.lang.management.RuntimeMXBean.getInputArguments()
</a>.
</p>
<p><strong>Java's JMX module is not available on Android or on Google App Engine.</strong></p>
</subsection>
<a name="KubernetesLookup"/>
<subsection name="Kubernetes Lookup">
<p>
The KubernetesLookup can be used to lookup attributes from the Kubernetes environment for the container
the application is running in.
</p>
Log4j Kubernetes provides access to the following container attributes:
<table>
<tr><td>accountName</td><td>The service account name</td></tr>
<tr><td>clusterName</td><td>The name of the cluster the application is deployed in</td></tr>
<tr><td>containerId</td><td>The full id assigned to the container</td></tr>
<tr><td>containerName</td><td>The name assigned to the container</td></tr>
<tr><td>host</td><td>The name assigned to the host operating system</td></tr>
<tr><td>hostIp</td><td>The host's ip address</td></tr>
<tr><td>imageId</td><td>The id assigned to the container image</td></tr>
<tr><td>imageName</td><td>The name assigned to the container image</td></tr>
<tr><td>labels</td><td>All labels formatted in a list</td></tr>
<tr><td>labesl.app</td><td>The application name</td></tr>
<tr><td>labels.podTemplateHash</td><td>The pod's template hash value</td></tr>
<tr><td>masterUrl</td><td>The URL used to access the API server</td></tr>
<tr><td>namespaceId</td><td>The id of the namespace the various kubernetes components are located within</td></tr>
<tr><td>namespaceName</td><td>The namespace the various kubernetes components are located within</td></tr>
<tr><td>podId</td><td>The pod's ip number</td></tr>
<tr><td>podIp</td><td>The pod's ip address</td></tr>
<tr><td>podName</td><td>The name of the pod</td></tr>
</table>
<pre class="prettyprint linenums"><![CDATA[
<GelfLayout includeStackTrace="true" host="${hostName}" includeThreadContext="true" includeNullDelimiter="true"
compressionType="OFF">
<ThreadContextIncludes>requestId,sessionId,loginId,userId,ipAddress,callingHost</ThreadContextIncludes>
<MessagePattern>%d [%t] %-5p %X{requestId, sessionId, loginId, userId, ipAddress} %C{1.}.%M:%L - %m%n</MessagePattern>
<KeyValuePair key="docker.containerId" value="${docker:containerId:-}"/>
<KeyValuePair key="application" value="$${lower:${spring:spring.application.name}}"/>
<KeyValuePair key="kubernetes.serviceAccountName" value="${k8s:accountName:-}"/>
<KeyValuePair key="kubernetes.clusterName" value="${k8s:clusterName:-}/>
<KeyValuePair key="kubernetes.containerId" value="${k8s:containerId:-}"/>
<KeyValuePair key="kubernetes.containerName" value="${k8s:containerName:-}"/>
<KeyValuePair key="kubernetes.host" value="${k8s:host:-}"/>
<KeyValuePair key="kubernetes.labels.app" value="${k8s:labels.app:-}"/>
<KeyValuePair key="kubernetes.labels.pod-template-hash" value="${k8s:labels.podTemplateHash:-}"/>
<KeyValuePair key="kubernetes.master_url" value="${k8s:masterUrl:-}"/>
<KeyValuePair key="kubernetes.namespaceId" value="${k8s:namespaceId:-}"/>
<KeyValuePair key="kubernetes.namespaceName" value="${k8s:namespaceName:-}"/>
<KeyValuePair key="kubernetes.podID" value="${k8s:podId:-}"/>
<KeyValuePair key="kubernetes.podIP" value="${k8s:podIp:-}"/>
<KeyValuePair key="kubernetes.podName" value="${k8s:podName:-}"/>
<KeyValuePair key="kubernetes.imageId" value="${k8s:imageId:-}"/>
<KeyValuePair key="kubernetes.imageName" value="${k8s:imageName:-}"/>
</GelfLayout>]]></pre>
<p>
This Lookup is subject to the configuration requirements listed at <a href="../log4j-kubernetes/index.html">Log4j Kubernetes Support</a>
</p>
</subsection>
<a name="Log4jConfigLookup"/>
<subsection name="Log4j Configuration Location Lookup">
<p>
Log4j configuration properties. The expressions
<code>${log4j:configLocation}</code> and <code>${log4j:configParentLocation}</code>
respectively provide the absolute path to the log4j configuration file
and its parent folder.
</p><p>
The example below uses this lookup to place log files in a directory relative
to the log4j configuration file.
</p>
<pre class="prettyprint linenums"><![CDATA[
<File name="Application" fileName="${log4j:configParentLocation}/logs/application.log">
<PatternLayout>
<pattern>%d %p %c{1.} [%t] %m%n</pattern>
</PatternLayout>
</File>]]></pre>
</subsection>
<a name="LowerLookup"/>
<subsection name="Lower Lookup">
<p>
The LowerLookup converts the passed in argument to lower case. Presumably the value will be the
result of a nested lookup.
</p>
<pre class="prettyprint linenums"><![CDATA[
<File name="Application" fileName="application.log">
<PatternLayout>
<pattern>%d %p %c{1.} [%t] $${lower:{${spring:spring.application.name}} %m%n</pattern>
</PatternLayout>
</File>]]></pre>
</subsection>
<a name="AppMainArgsLookup"/>
<subsection name="Main Arguments Lookup (Application)">
<p>
This lookup requires that you manually provide
the main arguments of the application to Log4j:
</p>
<pre class="prettyprint linenums"><![CDATA[
import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.lookup.MainMapLookup;
public static void main(String args[]) {
MainMapLookup.setMainArguments(args);
...
}]]></pre>
<p>
If the main arguments have been set, this lookup allows applications to retrieve
these main argument values from within the logging configuration.
The key that follows the <code>main:</code> prefix can either be a 0-based index into the argument list,
or a string, where <code>${main:myString}</code> is substituted with the value that follows
<code>myString</code> in the main argument list.
</p>
Note: Many applications use leading dashes to identify command arguments. Specifying
<code>${main:--file}</code> would result in the lookup failing because it would look for a variable
named "main" with a default value of "-file". To avoid this the ":" separating the Lookup name from the
key must be followed by a backslash as an escape character as in <code>${main:\--file}</code>
<p>
For example, suppose the static void main String[] arguments are:
</p>
<pre>--file foo.txt --verbose -x bar</pre>
<p>
Then the following substitutions are possible:
</p>
<table style="width: 40%">
<tr>
<th>Expression</th>
<th>Result</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>${main:0}</td>
<td>
<p><code>--file</code></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>${main:1}</td>
<td>
<p><code>foo.txt</code></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>${main:2}</td>
<td>
<p><code>--verbose</code></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>${main:3}</td>
<td>
<p><code>-x</code></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>${main:4}</td>
<td>
<p><code>bar</code></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>${main:\--file}</td>
<td>
<p><code>foo.txt</code></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>${main:\-x}</td>
<td>
<p><code>bar</code></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>${main:bar}</td>
<td>
<p><code>null</code></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>${main:\--quiet:-true}</td>
<td>
<p><code>true</code></p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>
Example usage:
</p>
<pre class="prettyprint linenums"><![CDATA[
<File name="Application" fileName="application.log">
<PatternLayout header="File: ${main:--file}">
<Pattern>%d %m%n</Pattern>
</PatternLayout>
</File>]]></pre>
</subsection>
<a name="MapLookup"/>
<subsection name="Map Lookup">
<p>
The MapLookup serves several purposes.
</p>
<ol>
<li>Provide the base for Properties declared in the configuration file.</li>
<li>Retrieve values from MapMessages in LogEvents.</li>
<li>Retrieve values set with <a href="../log4j-core/apidocs/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/lookup/MapLookup.html#setMainArguments%28java.lang.String[]%29">MapLookup.setMainArguments(String[])</a></li>
</ol>
<p>
The first item simply means that the MapLookup is used to substitute properties that are defined
in the configuration file. These variables are specified without a prefix - e.g. <code>${name}</code>.
The second usage allows a value from the current
<a href="../log4j-api/apidocs/org/apache/logging/log4j/message/MapMessage.html">MapMessage</a>,
if one is part of the current log event, to be substituted. In the example below the RoutingAppender will
use a different RollingFileAppender for each unique value of the key named "type" in the MapMessage. Note
that when used this way a value for "type" should be declared in the properties declaration to provide
a default value in case the message is not a MapMessage or the MapMessage does not contain the key. See the
<a href="./configuration.html#PropertySubstitution">Property Substitution</a> section of the
<a href="./configuration.html">Configuration</a> page for information on how to set the default values.
</p>
<pre class="prettyprint linenums"><![CDATA[
<Routing name="Routing">
<Routes pattern="$${map:type}">
<Route>
<RollingFile name="Rolling-${map:type}" fileName="${filename}"
filePattern="target/rolling1/test1-${map:type}.%i.log.gz">
<PatternLayout>
<pattern>%d %p %c{1.} [%t] %m%n</pattern>
</PatternLayout>
<SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy size="500" />
</RollingFile>
</Route>
</Routes>
</Routing>]]></pre>
</subsection>
<subsection name="Marker Lookup">
<p>
The marker lookup allows you to use markers in interesting configurations like a routing appender.
Consider the following YAML configuration and code that logs to different files based on markers:
</p>
<pre class="prettyprint linenums"><![CDATA[
Configuration:
status: debug
Appenders:
Console:
RandomAccessFile:
- name: SQL_APPENDER
fileName: logs/sql.log
PatternLayout:
Pattern: "%d{ISO8601_BASIC} %-5level %logger{1} %X %msg%n"
- name: PAYLOAD_APPENDER
fileName: logs/payload.log
PatternLayout:
Pattern: "%d{ISO8601_BASIC} %-5level %logger{1} %X %msg%n"
- name: PERFORMANCE_APPENDER
fileName: logs/performance.log
PatternLayout:
Pattern: "%d{ISO8601_BASIC} %-5level %logger{1} %X %msg%n"
Routing:
name: ROUTING_APPENDER
Routes:
pattern: "$${marker:}"
Route:
- key: PERFORMANCE
ref: PERFORMANCE_APPENDER
- key: PAYLOAD
ref: PAYLOAD_APPENDER
- key: SQL
ref: SQL_APPENDER
Loggers:
Root:
level: trace
AppenderRef:
- ref: ROUTING_APPENDER]]></pre>
<pre class="prettyprint linenums"><![CDATA[
public static final Marker SQL = MarkerFactory.getMarker("SQL");
public static final Marker PAYLOAD = MarkerFactory.getMarker("PAYLOAD");
public static final Marker PERFORMANCE = MarkerFactory.getMarker("PERFORMANCE");
final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Logger.ROOT_LOGGER_NAME);
logger.info(SQL, "Message in Sql.log");
logger.info(PAYLOAD, "Message in Payload.log");
logger.info(PERFORMANCE, "Message in Performance.log");]]></pre>
<p>
Note the key part of the configuration is <code>pattern: "$${marker:}"</code>. This will produce three log files,
each with a log event for a specific marker. Log4j will route the log event with the <code>SQL</code> marker to
<code>sql.log</code>, the log event with the <code>PAYLOAD</code> marker to <code>payload.log</code>, and so on.
</p>
<p>
You can use the notation <code>"${marker:name}"</code> and <code>"$${marker:name}"</code> to check for the
existence of a marker where <code>name</code> is the marker name. If the marker exists, the expression returns
the name, otherwise <code>null</code>.
</p>
</subsection>
<a name="SpringLookup"/>
<subsection name="Spring Boot Lookup">
<p>
The Spring Boot Lookup retrieves the values of Spring properties from the Spring configuration as well as
values of the active and default profiles. Specifying a key of "profiles.active" will reutrn the active
profiles while a key of "profiles.default" will return the default profiles. The default and active
profiles can be an array. If more than one profile is present they will be returned as a comma separated
list. To retrieve a single item from the array append "[{index}]" to the key. For example, to return the
first active profile in the list specify "profiles.active[0]".
</p>
<p>
This Lookup will return null values until Spring Boot initializes application logging.
</p>
<pre class="prettyprint linenums"><![CDATA[
<File name="Application" fileName="application-${spring:profiles.active[0]}.log">
<PatternLayout>
<pattern>%d %p %c{1.} [%t] $${spring:spring.application.name} %m%n</pattern>
</PatternLayout>
</File>]]></pre>
<p>This Lookup requires log4j-spring-cloud-config-client be included in the application.</p>
</subsection>
<a name="StructuredDataLookup"/>
<subsection name="Structured Data Lookup">
<p>
The StructuredDataLookup is very similar to the MapLookup in that it will retrieve values from
StructuredDataMessages. In addition to the Map values it will also return the name portion of the
id (not including the enterprise number) and the type field. The main difference between the
example below and the example for MapMessage is that the "type" is an attribute of the
<a href="../log4j-api/apidocs/org/apache/logging/log4j/message/StructuredDataMessage.html">StructuredDataMessage</a>
while "type" would have to be an item in the Map in a MapMessage.
</p>
<pre class="prettyprint linenums"><![CDATA[
<Routing name="Routing">
<Routes pattern="$${sd:type}">
<Route>
<RollingFile name="Rolling-${sd:type}" fileName="${filename}"
filePattern="target/rolling1/test1-${sd:type}.%i.log.gz">
<PatternLayout>
<pattern>%d %p %c{1.} [%t] %m%n</pattern>
</PatternLayout>
<SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy size="500" />
</RollingFile>
</Route>
</Routes>
</Routing>]]></pre>
</subsection>
<a name="SystemPropertiesLookup"/>
<subsection name="System Properties Lookup">
<p>
As it is quite common to define values inside and outside the application by using System Properties,
it is only natural that they should be accessible via a Lookup. As system properties are often
defined outside the application it would be quite common to see something like:
</p>
<pre class="prettyprint linenums"><![CDATA[
<Appenders>
<File name="ApplicationLog" fileName="${sys:logPath}/app.log"/>
</Appenders>]]></pre>
<p>
This lookup also supports default value syntax. In the sample below, when the <code>logPath</code> system
property is undefined, the default value <code>/var/logs</code> is used:
</p>
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<Appenders>
<File name="ApplicationLog" fileName="${sys:logPath:-/var/logs}/app.log"/>
</Appenders>]]></pre>
</subsection>
<a name="UpperLookup"/>
<subsection name="Upper Lookup">
<p>
The UpperLookup converts the passed in argument to upper case. Presumably the value will be the
result of a nested lookup.
</p>
<pre class="prettyprint linenums"><![CDATA[
<File name="Application" fileName="application.log">
<PatternLayout>
<pattern>%d %p %c{1.} [%t] $$upper{${spring:spring.application.name}} %m%n</pattern>
</PatternLayout>
</File>]]></pre>
</subsection>
<a name="WebLookup"/>
<subsection name="Web Lookup">
<p>
The WebLookup allows applications to retrieve variables that are associated with the ServletContext.
In addition to being able to retrieve various fields in the ServletContext, WebLookup supports looking
up values stored as attributes or configured as initialization parameters. The following table lists
various keys that can be retrieved:
</p>
<table>
<tr>
<th>Key</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>attr.<i>name</i></td>
<td>Returns the ServletContext attribute with the specified name</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>contextPath</td>
<td>The context path of the web application</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>contextPathName</td>
<td>The first token in the context path of the web application splitting on "/" characters.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>effectiveMajorVersion</td>
<td>Gets the major version of the Servlet specification that the application represented by this
ServletContext is based on.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>effectiveMinorVersion</td>
<td>Gets the minor version of the Servlet specification that the application represented by this
ServletContext is based on.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>initParam.<i>name</i></td>
<td>Returns the ServletContext initialization parameter with the specified name</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>majorVersion</td>
<td>Returns the major version of the Servlet API that this servlet container supports.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>minorVersion</td>
<td>Returns the minor version of the Servlet API that this servlet container supports.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>rootDir</td>
<td>Returns the result of calling getRealPath with a value of "/".</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>serverInfo</td>
<td>Returns the name and version of the servlet container on which the servlet is running.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>servletContextName</td>
<td>Returns the name of the web application as defined in the display-name element of the
deployment descriptor</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>Any other key names specified will first be checked to see if a ServletContext attribute exists with
that name and then will be checked to see if an initialization parameter of that name exists. If the
key is located then the corresponding value will be returned.</p>
<pre class="prettyprint linenums"><![CDATA[
<Appenders>
<File name="ApplicationLog" fileName="${web:rootDir}/app.log"/>
</Appenders>]]></pre>
</subsection>
</section>
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