changed config loading to be more predictable

lib/log4js.js

@@ -55,7 +55,13 @@ var events = require('events')
 , ALL_CATEGORIES = '[all]'
 , appenders = {}
 , loggers = {}
-, appenderMakers = {};
+, appenderMakers = {}
+, defaultConfig =   {
+    appenders: [
+        { type: "console" }
+    ],
+    replaceConsole: false
+};
 
 /**
  * Get a logger instance. Instance is cached on categoryName level.
@@ -146,8 +152,6 @@ function configureAppenders(appenderList) {
                 throw new Error("log4js configuration problem for "+util.inspect(appenderConfig));
             }
         });
-    } else {
-        addAppender(consoleAppender());
     }
 }
 
@@ -243,22 +247,9 @@ function getDefaultLogger () {
     return getLogger(DEFAULT_CATEGORY);
 }
 
-function findConfiguration(filename) {
-    var path;
-    try {
-        path = require.resolve(filename || 'log4js.json');
-    } catch (e) {
-        //file not found. default to the one in the log4js module.
-        path = filename || __dirname + '/log4js.json';
-    }
-
-    return path;
-}
-
 var configState = {};
 
 function loadConfigurationFile(filename) {
-    filename = findConfiguration(filename);
     if (filename && (!configState.lastFilename || filename !== configState.lastFilename ||
                      !configState.lastMTime || fs.statSync(filename).mtime !== configState.lastMTime)) {
         configState.lastFilename = filename;
@@ -274,10 +265,10 @@ function configureOnceOff(config) {
             configureAppenders(config.appenders);
             configureLevels(config.levels);
 
-            if (config.doNotReplaceConsole) {
+            if (config.replaceConsole) {
-                restoreConsole();
-            } else {
                 replaceConsole();
+            } else {
+                restoreConsole();
             }
         } catch (e) {
             throw new Error("Problem reading log4js config " + util.inspect(config) + ". Error was \"" + e.message + "\" ("+e.stack+")");
@@ -286,7 +277,7 @@ function configureOnceOff(config) {
 }
 
 function reloadConfiguration() {
-    var filename = findConfiguration(configState.filename),
+    var filename = configState.filename,
     mtime;
     if (!filename) {
         // can't find anything to reload
@@ -316,7 +307,7 @@ function initReloadConfiguration(filename, options) {
     configState.timerId = setInterval(reloadConfiguration, options.reloadSecs*1000);
 }
 
-function configure (configurationFileOrObject, options) {
+function configure(configurationFileOrObject, options) {
     var config = configurationFileOrObject;
     options = options || {};
 
@@ -324,7 +315,7 @@ function configure (configurationFileOrObject, options) {
         if (options.reloadSecs) {
             initReloadConfiguration(config, options);
         }
-        config = loadConfigurationFile(config);
+        config = loadConfigurationFile(config) || defaultConfig;
     } else {
         if (options.reloadSecs) {
             getLogger('log4js').warn('Ignoring configuration reload parameter for "object" configuration.');
@@ -332,7 +323,7 @@ function configure (configurationFileOrObject, options) {
     }
 
     if (options.hasOwnProperty('cwd')) {
-        if(config.hasOwnProperty('appenders')) {
+        if (config.hasOwnProperty('appenders')) {
             config.appenders.forEach(function(appender) {
                 if (!appender.hasOwnProperty('type')) return;
 
@@ -409,8 +400,8 @@ module.exports = {
    loadAppender(appender);
 });
 
-//set ourselves up if we can find a default log4js.json
+//set ourselves up
-configure(findConfiguration());
+configure();
 
 //keep the old-style layouts
 ['basicLayout','messagePassThroughLayout','colouredLayout','coloredLayout'].forEach(function(item) {

test/logging.js

@@ -295,72 +295,46 @@ vows.describe('log4js').addBatch({
 
     'default setup': {
         topic: function() {
-            var pathLoaded,
+            var appenderEvents = [],
-            logger,
+                fakeConsole = {
-            modulePath = require('path').normalize(__dirname + '/../lib/log4js.json'),
+                    'name': 'console'
-            mtime = Date.now(),
+                  , 'appender': function () {
-            fakeFS = {
+                        return function(evt) {
-                readdirSync: function(dir) {
+                            appenderEvents.push(evt);
-                    return require('fs').readdirSync(dir);
+                        }
-                },
-                readFileSync: function (file, encoding) {
-                    pathLoaded = file;
-                    assert.equal(encoding, 'utf8');
-                    return '{ "appenders" : [ { "type": "console", "layout": { "type": "messagePassThrough" }} ] }';
-                },
-                statSync: function (path) {
-                    if (path === modulePath) {
-                        return { mtime: mtime };
-                    } else {
-                        throw new Error("no such file");
                     }
-                }
+                  , 'configure': function (config) {
-            },
+                        return fakeConsole.appender();
-            appenderEvents = [],
-            fakeConsole = {
-                'name': 'console'
-              , 'appender': function () {
-                    return function(evt) { appenderEvents.push(evt); }
-                }
-              , 'configure': function (config) {
-                    return fakeConsole.appender();
-                }
-            },
-            globalConsole = {
-                log: function() { throw new Error("I should not be called."); }
-            },
-            log4js = sandbox.require(
-                '../lib/log4js',
-                {
-                    requires: {
-                        'fs': fakeFS
-                      , './appenders/console': fakeConsole
-                    },
-                    globals: {
-                        console: globalConsole
                     }
-                }
+                },
-            );
+                globalConsole = {
+                    log: function() { }
+                },
+                log4js = sandbox.require(
+                    '../lib/log4js',
+                    {
+                        requires: {
+                            './appenders/console': fakeConsole
+                        },
+                        globals: {
+                            console: globalConsole
+                        }
+                    }
+                ),
+                logger = log4js.getLogger('a-test');
 
-            logger = log4js.getLogger('a-test');
             logger.debug("this is a test");
-            globalConsole.log("this should be logged");
+            globalConsole.log("this should not be logged");
-            return [ pathLoaded, appenderEvents, modulePath ];
+
+            return appenderEvents;
         },
 
-        'should use require.resolve to find log4js.json': function(args) {
+        'should configure a console appender': function(appenderEvents) {
-            var pathLoaded = args[0], modulePath = args[2];
-            assert.equal(pathLoaded, modulePath);
-        },
-
-        'should configure log4js from first log4js.json found': function(args) {
-            var appenderEvents = args[1];
             assert.equal(appenderEvents[0].data[0], 'this is a test');
         },
 
-        'should replace console.log with log4js version': function(args) {
+        'should not replace console.log with log4js version': function(appenderEvents) {
-            var appenderEvents = args[1];
+            assert.equal(appenderEvents.length, 1);
-            assert.equal(appenderEvents[1].data[0], 'this should be logged');
         }
     },
 
@@ -449,7 +423,7 @@ vows.describe('log4js').addBatch({
             var pathsChecked = [],
             logEvents = [],
             logger,
-            modulePath = require('path').normalize(__dirname + '/../lib/log4js.json'),
+            modulePath = 'path/to/log4js.json',
             fakeFS = {
                 lastMtime: Date.now(),
                 config: { appenders: [ { type: 'console', layout: { type: 'messagePassThrough' } } ],
@@ -499,7 +473,7 @@ vows.describe('log4js').addBatch({
                 }
             );
 
-            log4js.configure(undefined, { reloadSecs: 30 });
+            log4js.configure('path/to/log4js.json', { reloadSecs: 30 });
             logger = log4js.getLogger('a-test');
             logger.info("info1");
             logger.debug("debug2 - should be ignored");
@@ -511,10 +485,10 @@ vows.describe('log4js').addBatch({
             return logEvents;
         },
         'should configure log4js from first log4js.json found': function(logEvents) {
-            assert.equal(logEvents.length, 3);
             assert.equal(logEvents[0].data[0], 'info1');
             assert.equal(logEvents[1].data[0], 'info3');
             assert.equal(logEvents[2].data[0], 'debug4');
+            assert.equal(logEvents.length, 3);
         }
     },