Load Log4j2 configuration file programmatically

Question

I want to load Log4j2 XML configuration file programmatically from my application.

Tried this:

ConfigurationSource source = new ConfigurationSource()         


        

Answer 1

final URL log4j = Resources.getResource("log4j2-test.xml");
LoggerContext.getContext(false)
  .start(new XmlConfiguration(new ConfigurationSource(
    Resources.asByteSource(log4j).openStream(),
    log4j)));