Hi I am using Log4j.
I have created one utility class which I use in other classes to get the logger.
public class CommonLogger {

 

            private static Logger logur;

 

            private TimeLogger() {

            }

 

            private static Logger Logur(String className) {

                        Configuration configur = null;

            

                        //default values for logging

                        String pattern = null, logFile = null, level = null;

 

                        try {

                                    configur = new PropertiesConfiguration("/WEB-INF/Time.properties");

                                    pattern = configur.getString("Log4j.pattern");

                                    logFile = configur.getString("Log4J.path.logFile");

                                    level = configur.getString("Log4J.level").toUpperCase();

                                    logur = Logger.getLogger(className);

                                    PatternLayout patternLayout = new PatternLayout(pattern);

                                    FileAppender appender = null;

                                    try {

                                                appender = new FileAppender(patternLayout, logFile, true);

                                    } catch (IOException ioe) {

                                                System.out.println("Exception in class="+ className+" method="+"Logur"

                                                                        + " " + ioe.getMessage());

                                    }

                                    logur.addAppender(appender);

 

                                    if ("INFO".equals(level))

                                                logur.setLevel((Level) Level.INFO);

                                    else if ("DEBUG".equals(level))

                                                logur.setLevel((Level) Level.DEBUG);

                                    else if ("ERROR".equals(level))

                                                logur.setLevel((Level) Level.ERROR);

                                    else if ("FATAL".equals(level))

                                                logur.setLevel((Level) Level.FATAL);

                                    else if ("TRACE".equals(level))

                                                logur.setLevel((Level) Level.TRACE);

                                    else if ("WARN".equals(level))

                                                logur.setLevel((Level) Level.WARN);

                                    else

                                                logur.setLevel((Level) Level.INFO);

 

                        } catch (ConfigurationException ce) {

                                    System.out.println("ConfigurationException in class=" + className+" method="

                                                            + "Logur. " + ce.getMessage());

                        }

                        return logur;

            }

 

            public static Logger getLogger(String className) {

                        logur = Logur(className);

                        return logur;

            }

 

            

            

}


I use this class in other classes to get logger like,
Logger logger = CommonLogger.getLogger(SomeDao.class.getName());

Its opening too many file descriptors and giving me the message too many files open.

I dont know how to limit number of open file descriptors.
What mistake am i doing
Any light on this?
Thanks in advance.