making Socket(Hub)Appender Java compatible

Hi its me again,

The extent of the log library begins to dawn on me.
Regrettably, as I understand, the wire protocol for 
the SocketAppender in Log4J and Log4cxx are not
compatible (maybe this has something to do with the
subject of my previous mail).

1) Where is this wire protocol described?
2) What are the plans for making them compatible?
3) How much work would this be?
4) And finally, can I be of service?

The reason for me asking is that I want to use Chainsaw.
I know that it is possible to use the XmlSocketAppender
with ChainSaw (I have this working). However I would 
like to use the SocketHubAppender/Receiver since it does 
not require modifying the log properties all the time. 

In my situation there are multiple windows clients
that produce logging (currently only in local files).
This logging should also be send to a central location
using the SimpleSocketServer, which unfortunately (see 
my previous mail) should run on tru64. Now I want all 
developers to be able to startup ChainSaw and get 
logging directly from a specific client or from the 
centralised SimpleSocketServer. To free the developers
from changing the log properties (and making errors) 
all the time, I want the log properties to have a 
SocketHubAppender. This should as I understand free us
from a lot of hassle.

Unfortunately my plans are obstructed by the compatibility
issues. Or is there some alternative???

Kind regards,

Minto van der Sluis

PS. Maybe the 32/64 bits issue is related to wire
    protocol incompatibility between cxx and java.