The manual states that appenders get dynamically added by SiftingAppender when the relevant MDC key is altered:<div><br></div><div>&quot;Whenever the &quot;userid&quot; MDC key is assigned a new value, a new FileAppender instance will be built from scratch.&quot;</div>
<div><br></div><div>However, I found that it was only created when I logged my first message using a relevant Logger. (And confirmed this by using an OnConsoleStatusListener in my configuration file.) Is this a bug? A documentation error?</div>
<div><br></div><div>This is a problem because I need to programmatically adjust this appender (from the &#39;base&#39; set up by the configuration file) before I use it. I currently have to log a spurious message first so that the appender is created, and then adjust it.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Stuart<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>________________________________<div>Stuart Rossiter</div><div><br></div><div></div><div><br></div>
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