Re: Using log4cxx for Chinese Chars

On Dec 18, 2006, at 3:20 PM, Tao Yu wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Does log4cxx support print out Chinese chars (GB and BIG5)?
> If it does, what should I do to enable it?
>
> Thanks,
> Tao


The subversion head provides both char* and wchar_t* versions of the  
logging request methods.  In both cases, the arguments are converted  
to a single Unicode representation in the internals where char* is  
interpreted as being in the default character encoding of the  
platform.  FileAppender and related appenders provide an encoding  
attribute that can be used to specify the target encoding for the log  
files.  If your default character encoding for your platform is  
UTF-8, then you likely do not need to do anything to support Chinese  
or any other language.  If your default encoding is not UTF-8, then  
you would need to use the wchar_t* versions of the logging request  
methods and specify an encoding that can represent your expected  
characters (for example, UTF-8 or UTF-16).

For more specific guidance, it would be helpful to know:

1. Your platform (Windows, Linux, Solaris, etc)
2. Your default encoding ("locale charmap" on most Unix).
3. Whether you are wanting to use the char* or wchar_t* logging methods.
4. Any specific problems that you are having.
5. What file encoding would you like to use