Index: tests/input/xml/fallback2.xml
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--- tests/input/xml/fallback2.xml	(revision 0)
+++ tests/input/xml/fallback2.xml	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd">
+<!--
+  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+  contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+  this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+  The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+  (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+  the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  limitations under the License.
+-->
+
+<log4j:configuration debug="true" xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/">
+
+
+  <appender name="PRIMARY" class="org.apache.log4j.FileAppender">
+    <errorHandler class="org.apache.log4j.varia.FallbackErrorHandler">
+      <root-ref/>
+      <logger-ref ref="test"/>
+      <appender-ref ref="FALLBACK" />
+    </errorHandler>
+
+    <param name="File" value="output/primary" />
+    <param name="Append" value="false" />	    
+    
+    <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
+      <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%-5p %c{2} - %m%n"/>
+    </layout>	    
+  </appender>
+  
+  <appender name="FALLBACK" class="org.apache.log4j.FileAppender">
+    <param name="File" value="output/temp" />
+    <param name="Append" value="false" />
+    <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
+      <param name="ConversionPattern" value="FALLBACK - %c - %m%n"/>
+    </layout>	    
+  </appender>
+
+  <logger name="test" additivity="false">
+    <level value ="debug" />
+    <appender-ref ref="PRIMARY" />
+  </logger>
+	
+  
+  <root>
+    <priority value ="debug" />
+    <appender-ref ref="PRIMARY" />
+  </root>
+	
+</log4j:configuration>
Index: tests/src/java/org/apache/log4j/varia/ErrorHandlerTestCase.java
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--- tests/src/java/org/apache/log4j/varia/ErrorHandlerTestCase.java	(revision 823385)
+++ tests/src/java/org/apache/log4j/varia/ErrorHandlerTestCase.java	(working copy)
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import org.apache.log4j.Level;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.log4j.spi.ErrorHandler;
+import org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent;
 import org.apache.log4j.util.Filter;
 import org.apache.log4j.util.Transformer;
 import org.apache.log4j.util.Compare;
@@ -99,6 +100,25 @@
     assertTrue(Compare.compare(FILTERED, "witness/fallback1"));
   }
 
+  public void test3() throws Exception {
+	    DOMConfigurator.configure("input/xml/fallback2.xml");
+	    Appender primary = root.getAppender("PRIMARY");
+	    ErrorHandler eh = primary.getErrorHandler();
+	    assertNotNull(eh);
+
+	    common();
+
+	    ControlFilter cf = new ControlFilter(new String[]{TEST1_PAT,
+						       EXCEPTION1, EXCEPTION2, EXCEPTION3});
+
+	    Transformer.transform(TEMP, FILTERED, new Filter[] {cf,
+								new LineNumberFilter(),
+	                            new JunitTestRunnerFilter()});
+
+
+	    assertTrue(Compare.compare(FILTERED, "witness/fallback1"));
+	  }
+ 
   void common() {
     int i = -1;