If FileAppender fails, revert to ConsoleAppender

With log4j, I'd like to revert to a ConsoleAppender if the FileAppender has problems writing to the specified log file. This means catching a FileNotFoundException or an IOException and switching to a ConsoleAppender. Has this been done before or will I have to create a new appender - something along the lines of: ``` private WriterAppender appender; public FileOrConsoleAppender(Layout layout, String filename, boolean append) { try { appender = new FileAppender(layout, filename, append, bufferedIO, bufferSize); } catch (IOException e) { appender = new ConsoleAppender(layout); } } ``` UPDATE - HOW I DID IT: Thanks to @jsight, for pointing me to FallBackErrorHandler. Here is my log4j xml configuration which reverts to a ConsoleAppender, if FileAppender fails: ``` <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd"> <log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/" debug="true"> <!-- A Console appender --> <appender name="console" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender"> <param name="Target" value="System.out"/> <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout"> <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d %-5p %30.30c - %m%n"/> </layout> </appender> <!-- A File appender, with fallback to Console--> <appender name="file" class="org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender"> <errorHandler class="org.apache.log4j.varia.FallbackErrorHandler"> <root-ref/> <appender-ref ref="console"/> </errorHandler> <param name="File" value="C:/temp/test.log"/> <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout"> <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d %-5p %30.30c - %m%n"/> </layout> </appender> <root> <level value="INFO" /> <appender-ref ref="file" /> </root> </log4j:configuration> ```