How do I programmatically tell Logback to Reload Configuration

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 defa

Answer 1

I used the following code for this purpose:

public static void reloadLogger() {
    LoggerContext loggerContext = (LoggerContext) LoggerFactory.getILoggerFactory();

    ContextInitializer ci = new ContextInitializer(loggerContext);
    URL url = ci.findURLOfDefaultConfigurationFile(true);

    try {
        JoranConfigurator configurator = new JoranConfigurator();
        configurator.setContext(loggerContext);
        loggerContext.reset();
        configurator.doConfigure(url);
    } catch (JoranException je) {
        // StatusPrinter will handle this
    }
    StatusPrinter.printInCaseOfErrorsOrWarnings(loggerContext);
}