#set the level of the root logger 
log4j.rootLogger = INFO, CONSOLE
#set own logger
log4j.logger.com.carmelouria.logging.test=CONSOLE
log4j.appender.CONSOLE=com.carmelouria.logging.WebServiceAppender
log4j.appender.CONSOLE.endpoint=
         http://localhost:9080/log4j/services/LogAppenderService
log4j.appender.CONSOLE.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.CONSOLE.layout.ConversionPattern=%p [%t] %c{2} (%M:%L) :: %m%n

#set the level of the root logger 
log4j.rootLogger = INFO, FILE
#set own logger
log4j.appender.FILE=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
log4j.appender.FILE.file=c:/temp/log4j/server/server.log
log4j.appender.FILE.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.FILE.layout.ConversionPattern=%p [%t] %c{2} (%M:%L) :: %m%n

package com.carmelouria.logging.test;
import org.apache.log4j.Level;
import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
import org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator;
/**
 * @author Carmelo Uria
 *
*/
public class LoggingSample
{
    private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(LoggingSample.class.getName());
    /**
     * 
     */
    public LoggingSample()
    {
        super();
        PropertyConfigurator.configure("c:/temp/log4j.properties");
        logger.log(Level.INFO, "LoggingSample instantiation...");
        System.out.println("finished...");
    }
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        LoggingSample sample = new LoggingSample();
    }
}

    protected void append(LoggingEvent event)
    {
        // create Web Service client using endpoint
        if (endpoint == null)
        {
            System.out.println("no endpoint set.  Check configuration file");
            System.out.println("[" + hostname + "] " + this.layout.format(event));
            return;
        }
        executeWebService(event);
    }
    private void executeWebService(LoggingEvent event)
    {
        SoapClient client = new SoapClient();
        URL endPoint = null;
        try
        {
            endPoint = new URL(getendpoint());
        }
        catch (MalformedURLException e1)
        {
            e1.printStackTrace();
        }
        String nameSpace = "http://ejb.logging.carmelouria.com";
        QName serviceName = new QName(nameSpace, "LogAppenderServiceService");
        QName operation = new QName(nameSpace, "log");
        QName port = new QName(nameSpace, "LogAppenderService");
        Parameter message = 
        new Parameter("log", Constants.XSD_ANY, SOAPElement.class, ParameterMode.IN);
        try
        {
            /**
             *create SOAPElement from LoggingEvent need hostname
             */
            Level level = event.getLevel();
            String sysLog = "<syslog>" + new Integer(level.getSyslogEquivalent()).toString()
                                      + "</syslog>";
            String startTime = new Long(LoggingEvent.getStartTime()).toString();
            String timeTag = "<start_time>" + startTime + "</start_time>";
            String hostName = "<hostname>" + InetAddress.getLocalHost() +
                                           "</hostname>";
            String threadName = "<thread_name>" + event.getThreadName()
                                            +"</thread_name>";
            String logger = "<logger>" + event.getLoggerName() + "</logger>";
            String eventMessage = "<message>" + event.getRenderedMessage() +
                                                  "</message>";
            String log = hostName + threadName + logger + timeTag + sysLog +
                                eventMessage;
            String throwableInformation[] = event.getThrowableStrRep();
            if (throwableInformation != null)
            {
                for (int i = 0; i < throwableInformation.length; i++)
                {
                    String throwable = "<throwable_information>" + throwableInformation[i] +
                                                   "</throwable_information>";
                    log += throwable;
                }
            }
            String ndcString = event.getNDC();
            if (throwableInformation != null)
            {
                String throwable = <ndc>" + ndcString + </ndc>";
                log += throwable;
            }
            message.setValue(SOAPElementFactory.create(<log>" + log + </log>"));
        }
        catch (UnknownHostException unknownHostException)
        {
            unknownHostException.printStackTrace();
        }
        catch (SOAPException e2)
        {
            e2.printStackTrace();
        }
        Parameter resultType = newParameter("logResponse",
                                        Constants.WEBSERVICES_VOID,
                                        Object.class,
                                         ParameterMode.OUT);
        Parameter[] parameters = { message };
        try
        {
            // execute client
            Object result = 
            client.execute(endPoint, serviceName, operation, "wrapped", null,
                                                            port, resultType, parameters);
            if ((result != null) && (result instanceof String))
                System.out.println((String) result);
        }
        catch (ClientException e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public static javax.xml.soap.SOAPElement create(String xml) throws SOAPException
    {
        com.ibm.ws.webservices.engine.xmlsoap.SOAPFactory factory =
        (com.ibm.ws.webservices.engine.xmlsoap.SOAPFactory) 
        com.ibm.ws.webservices.engine.xmlsoap.SOAPFactory
                .newInstance();
        SOAPElement element =
                  (javax.xml.soap.SOAPElement)factory.createElementFromXMLString(xml);
        return(element);
    }
    public static SOAPElement create(String arg0, String arg1, String arg2, 
                                                            boolean ibmSoapElement) throws 
                                                            SOAPException
    {
        if (ibmSoapElement)
        {
            SOAPFactory soapFactory =
              (com.ibm.ws.webservices.engine.xmlsoap.SOAPFactory)
              com.ibm.ws.webservices.engine.xmlsoap.SOAPFactory.newInstance();
            return (soapFactory.createSOAPElement(arg0, arg1));
        }
        javax.xml.soap.SOAPFactory soapFactory =
                        javax.xml.soap.SOAPFactory.newInstance();
        return (soapFactory.createElement(arg0, arg1, arg2));
    }

    private Object call(SoapService service, QName operation, QName portType, 
    String operationStyleProperty,
            String encodingURIProperty, Parameter returnType, 
            Parameter[] parameters) throws ClientException
    {
        QName portName;
        String response = null;
        Object results = null;
        Call call = null;
        try
        {
            // check to see if Service object exists
            if (service == null)
                throw new ClientException("Invalid Service object.  It maybe null.");
            // retrieve call from Service object
            call = service.createCall();
            call.setOperationName(operation);
            call.setPortTypeName(portType);
            // check call object
            if (call == null)
                throw new ClientException("invalid operation.  Call object is null.");
            // set default values
            if (operationStyleProperty == null)
                call.setProperty(Call.OPERATION_STYLE_PROPERTY,
                                          OPERATION_STYLE_DOCUMENT_TYPE);
            else
                call.setProperty(Call.OPERATION_STYLE_PROPERTY,
                                          operationStyleProperty);
            if (encodingURIProperty == null)
                call.setProperty(Call.ENCODINGSTYLE_URI_PROPERTY,
                                          ENCODING_LITERAL);
            else
                call.setProperty(Call.ENCODINGSTYLE_URI_PROPERTY,
                                           encodingURIProperty);
            call.setTargetEndpointAddress(service.getServiceEndPoint());
            //create Parameter class for SoapClient
            for (int i = 0; i < parameters.length; i++)
            {
                Class classObject = parameters[i].getClassObject();
                if (classObject != null)
                    call.addParameter(parameters[i].getName(), parameters[i].getXmlType(),
                            parameters[i].getClassObject(), parameters[i].getMode());
                else
                    call.addParameter(parameters[i].getName(), parameters[i].getXmlType(),
                             parameters[i].getMode());
            }
            // pass parameter as ReturnType
            if (returnType != null)
            {
                if (returnType.getClassObject() != null)
                 call.setReturnType(returnType.getXmlType(), returnType.getClassObject());
                else
                 call.setReturnType(returnType.getXmlType());
            }
            Object[] request = new Object[parameters.length];
            // add parameter values
            for (int i = 0; i < request.length; i++)
            {
                request[i] = parameters[i].getValue();
            }
            results = call.invoke(request);
        }
        catch (SOAPFaultException e)
        {
            System.out.println(e.getFaultString());
            e.getStackTrace();
            throw new ClientException(e.getLocalizedMessage(), e);
        }
        catch (ServiceException serviceException)
        {
            serviceException.getStackTrace();
            throw new ClientException(serviceException.getLocalizedMessage(),
                                                         serviceException);
        }
        catch (RemoteException exception)
        {
            exception.printStackTrace();
            throw new ClientException(exception.getLocalizedMessage(), exception);
        }
        return (results); }

#set the level of the root logger 
log4j.rootLogger = INFO, FILE
#set own logger
log4j.appender.FILE=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
log4j.appender.FILE.file=c:/temp/log4j/server/server.log
log4j.appender.FILE.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.FILE.layout.ConversionPattern=%p [%t] %c{2} (%M:%L) :: %m%n

    public void log(SOAPElement message)
    {              
        try
        {
            InputSource source = ((IBMSOAPElement)
                                    message).toInputSource(false);
            Document document = Parser.parse(source);
            String log = null;
            String hostname =
                 document.selectSingleNode("//hostname").getText();
            String threadName =
                 document.selectSingleNode("//thread_name").getText();
            String syslog =
                 document.selectSingleNode("//syslog").getText();
            String startTime = new Long(
                             document.selectSingleNode("//start_time").
                             getText()).toString();
            log = '[' + startTime + ':' + hostname + ':' + threadName +
                  "] " + document.selectSingleNode(
                         "//message").getText();
            // retrieve any throwable messages
            List throwableList = document.selectNodes(
                                 "//throwable_information");
            if(throwableList != null)
            {
                Iterator throwables = throwableList.iterator();
                while(throwables.hasNext())
                {
                    log += '\n' + ((Node)throwables.next()).getText();
                }

                log += '\n';
            }

            logger.log(Level.toLevel(new Integer(syslog).intValue()),
                       log);
            logger.log(Level.INFO,log);
         }
        catch(ParserException parseException)
        {
            parseException.printStackTrace();
        }
        catch (SAXException e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }