--- AccessLogValve.java	Thu Feb 16 16:29:00 2012
+++ AccessLogValve.java.new	Thu Feb 16 16:31:44 2012
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 import org.apache.catalina.LifecycleState;
 import org.apache.catalina.connector.Request;
 import org.apache.catalina.connector.Response;
+import org.apache.catalina.util.ServerInfo;
 import org.apache.coyote.RequestInfo;
 import org.apache.juli.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.juli.logging.LogFactory;
@@ -159,6 +160,7 @@
 public class AccessLogValve extends ValveBase implements AccessLog {
 
     private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(AccessLogValve.class);
+    protected Log outputLog = null;
 
     //------------------------------------------------------ Constructor
     public AccessLogValve() {
@@ -1015,6 +1017,12 @@
      * @param message Message to be logged
      */
     public void log(String message) {
+    	if (outputLog != null)
+    		outputLog.info(message);
+			else
+				logInternal(message);
+		}
+		protected void logInternal(String message) {
         if (rotatable) {
             // Only do a logfile switch check once a second, max.
             long systime = System.currentTimeMillis();
@@ -1069,6 +1077,13 @@
         }
 
     }
+    public void setOutputLoggerName(String loggerName) {
+    	outputLog = LogFactory.getLog(loggerName);
+			outputLog.info("#Fields: " + pattern);
+            outputLog.info("#Version: 2.0");
+            outputLog.info("#Software: " + ServerInfo.getServerInfo());
+
+    }
 
 
     /**