Add option to make <consolePlugin/> fail silently if no SocketServer is running ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: LBCORE-73 URL: http://jira.qos.ch/browse/LBCORE-73 Project: logback-core Issue Type: Improvement Components: Appender Affects Versions: 0.9.11 Reporter: Paul Nyheim Assignee: Logback dev list Priority: Minor For my JUnit tests, I have configured a logback-test.xml file with only a <consolePlugin/> entry. (debug=false) However, when I run the tests on the build-server, I get the following printed to System.out: 09:02:23,596 |-ERROR in ch.qos.logback.classic.net.SocketAppender[null] - Could not connect to remote logback server at [localhost]. We will try again later. java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect at java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect at at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method) at at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:333) at at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:195) I realize that this message is part of logbacks internal status, however it would be nice to have the option to disable this message which pollutes the build-log on the build-server. Maybe by specifying an attribute like this: <consolePlugin silent="true"/> where the underlying Socketappender will be silent if it is not able to connect to the host and port. I'll see if I can upload a patch later today. Regards, Paul Nyheim -- 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