Providing log4j runtime configuration information

Question

I wonder if there is not a programmatic way to make log4j aware of configuration changes at runtime. I know I can use

static {
  PropertyConfigurator.configureAndWatch("log4j.properties", 100);
}

in some useful place to look at the properties file for changes, but I would prefer the option inside the properties file itself to tell log4j about the hours for changes. Whether there is a?

Answer 1

Log4j has some JMX functions , which means that you can dynamically configure some functions (in particular, filter at the level).

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