Re: java.lang.ClassCastException: org.apache.log4j.bridge.AppenderWrapper cannot be cast to org.apache.log4j.FileAppender

Hi Pooja,

On Sat, Mar 5, 2022 at 1:48 PM Pooja Pandey
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Piotr,
>
> I don’t understand what is the bug?? Can you please help me with JIRA
> ticket summary and description.

The bug is that if you use a native Log4j 1.2 appender (a derivative
class of org.apache.log4j.FileAppender for example) a call to
`Logger.getAppender(String)` gives you an AppenderWrapper of an
AppenderAdapter instead of the original class. Such useless
encapsulations should not be present, but apparently we missed some.
Summarizing "Log4j 1.x bridge Logger.getAppender returns a wrapped
AppenderAdapter"
In the Jira ticket just describe your exact situation: are you using a
configuration file or are you adding the appenders in code? Are you
always using a LoggerFactory?
My wild guess is that you configure a subclass of
org.apache.log4j.FileAppender (let's call it com.example.FileAppender)
in a configuration file. In your code you call `Logger.getAppender()`
and you get an AppenderWrapper instead of com.example.FileAppender. If
the guess is true, it is an easy fix.

Piotr