2004/09/08 - New version! 0.2.0 now available for download. The new release features a restructure of the base code, new/changed properties and support for layouts. NOTE: Version 0.2.0 and up require different properties, see new configuration below, changes are denoted in RED.

2004/09/08 - John Ross of Netshare400.com has supplied me with a free open source account for AS/400 testing.

2004/08/27 - New site updates, watch for a new release soon.

2004/08/25 - Log4j400 has been revived under a new developer.

Log4j400 includes MessageQueue and DataQueue Appenders for the IBM AS/400 (aka iSeries, aka i5 Server).

The binary (log4j400.jar) and source distributions (log4j400-src.jar) can be downloaded from the project homepage.

To use Log4j400 you will need:

• JRE 1.2 or higher
• Log4j
• JTOpen or IBM Toolbox for Java

You need to include the following JARs in the classpath:

1. log4j400.jar
2. log4j.jar
3. jt400.jar

Configuration to send logging events to MessageQueueAppender.

##################################### # Message Queue Appender ##################################### log4j.rootCategory=DEBUG, MQ log4j.appender.MQ=net.sf.log4j400.MessageQueueAppender # Layout is now required log4j.appender.MQ.layout=org.apache.log4j.SimpleLayout # System name of the AS/400. e.g. 192.168.1.27 # System name MUST be specified if not running locally on the AS/400. # If running locally, you can omit this property, default value is localhost. log4j.appender.MQ.systemName=192.168.1.27 # Valid AS/400 user Id. e.g. JAVAUSER # If running locally on the AS/400, you omit this property, default value is *CURRENT. log4j.appender.MQ.userId=JAVAUSER # Password for the user. # If running locally on the AS/400, you omit this property, default value is *CURRENT. log4j.appender.MQ.password=USERPASS # Message queue library. NOTE: The library must exist. # If omited, the library list is used. log4j.appender.MQ.messageQueueLib=QUSRSYS # Message queue name. NOTE: The message queue must exist. # If omited, the current user's message queue is used. log4j.appender.MQ.messageQueueName=JAVAUSER

Configuration to send logging events to DataQueueAppender.

##################################### # Data Queue Appender ##################################### log4j.rootCategory=DEBUG, DQ log4j.appender.DQ=net.sf.log4j400.DataQueueAppender # Layout is now required log4j.appender.DQ.layout=org.apache.log4j.SimpleLayout # System name of the AS/400. e.g. 192.168.1.27 # System name MUST be specified if not running locally on the AS/400. # If running locally, you can omit this property, default value is localhost. log4j.appender.MQ.systemName=192.168.1.27 # Valid AS/400 user Id. e.g. JAVAUSER # If running locally on the AS/400, you omit this property, default value is *CURRENT. log4j.appender.MQ.userId=JAVAUSER # Password for the user. # If running locally on the AS/400, you omit this property, default value is *CURRENT. log4j.appender.MQ.password=USERPASS # Data queue library. NOTE: The library must exist. # If omited, the library list is used. log4j.appender.DQ.dataQueueLib=JAVAUSER # Data queue name. NOTE: The non-keyed data queue must exist. log4j.appender.DQ.dataQueueName=USERDTAQ