Question

I know there’s a reloadDefaultConfiguration() jmx operation, but without getting an instance of MBean and invoking this operation, is there a Logback api to reload the default configuration (optionally specifying a log configuration file path)?

Answer 1

This is the source code of JMXConfigurator.reloadDefaultConfiguration():

public void reloadDefaultConfiguration() throws JoranException {
  ContextInitializer ci = new ContextInitializer(loggerContext);
  URL url = ci.findURLOfDefaultConfigurationFile(true);
  loggerContext.reset();
  ci.configureByResource(url);
}

What about just running this code wherever you need it?

The only problem is the loggerContext variable. You can obtain it using:

(LoggerContext)LoggerFactory.getILoggerFactory()

Unfortunately it doesn’t look like there is well-factored API to do this, what about raising an issue? Also are you aware that Logback has a built-in auto-refreshing feature?