Groovy-config fails without outside code noticing ------------------------------------------------- Key: LBCLASSIC-309 URL: http://jira.qos.ch/browse/LBCLASSIC-309 Project: logback-classic Issue Type: Bug Components: joran Affects Versions: unspecified Environment: na Reporter: Endre Stølsvik Assignee: Logback dev list Priority: Minor [As reported on the user-list, where I was requested to make a bug report] This groovy-file ...: import ch.qos.logback.classic.PatternLayout import ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender import ch.qos.logback.core.encoder.LayoutWrappingEncoder appender("STDOUT", ConsoleAppender) { encoder(LayoutWrappingEncoder) { layout(PatternLayout) { pattern = "%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{55}.%M.%L - %msg%n" } } } root(ALL, ["STDOUT"]) ... apparently crashes the configuration as such: Failed to instantiate [ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext] Reported exception: groovy.lang.MissingPropertyException: No such property: ALL for class: Script1 at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.ScriptBytecodeAdapter.unwrap(ScriptBytecodeAdapter.java:50) at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PogoGetPropertySite.getProperty(PogoGetPropertySite.java:49) at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.callGroovyObjectGetProperty(AbstractCallSite.java:231) at Script1.run(Script1.groovy:13) at Script1$run.call(Unknown Source) at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCall(CallSiteArray.java:42) at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:108) at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:112) at ch.qos.logback.classic.gaffer.GafferConfigurator.run(GafferConfigurator.groovy:59) at ch.qos.logback.classic.gaffer.GafferConfigurator$run.callCurrent(Unknown Source) at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCallCurrent(CallSiteArray.java:46) at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.callCurrent(AbstractCallSite.java:133) at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.callCurrent(AbstractCallSite.java:141) at ch.qos.logback.classic.gaffer.GafferConfigurator.run(GafferConfigurator.groovy:37) at ch.qos.logback.classic.gaffer.GafferUtil.runGafferConfiguratorOn(GafferUtil.java:44) at ch.qos.logback.classic.util.ContextInitializer.configureByResource(ContextInitializer.java:67) at ch.qos.logback.classic.util.ContextInitializer.autoConfig(ContextInitializer.java:150) at org.slf4j.impl.StaticLoggerBinder.init(StaticLoggerBinder.java:85) at org.slf4j.impl.StaticLoggerBinder.<clinit>(StaticLoggerBinder.java:55) at org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.bind(LoggerFactory.java:128) at org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.performInitialization(LoggerFactory.java:108) at org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getILoggerFactory(LoggerFactory.java:279) at XYZ.doLogConfig(XYZ.java:40) at XYZ.main(XYZ:169) The problem is obviously, as the error message states, the not-defined property "ALL". *The problem I am reporting is that this isn't caught*. The console-dump happens in the "We should never get here" catch block below: void init() { try { try { new ContextInitializer(defaultLoggerContext).autoConfig(); } catch (JoranException je) { Util.report("Failed to auto configure default logger context", je); } StatusPrinter.printInCaseOfErrorsOrWarnings(defaultLoggerContext); contextSelectorBinder.init(defaultLoggerContext, KEY); initialized = true; } catch (Throwable t) { // we should never get here Util.report("Failed to instantiate [" + LoggerContext.class.getName() + "]", t); } } Notice that the StatusManager does not know that the config failed: 13:32:07,643 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[Emma logcontext] - Found resource [logback.groovy] at [file:/XYZ/target/classes/logback.groovy] 13:32:08,807 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.gaffer.ConfigurationDelegate@2111e072 - About to instantiate appender of type [ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender] 13:32:08,809 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.gaffer.ConfigurationDelegate@2111e072 - Naming appender as [STDOUT] -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://jira.qos.ch/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira