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Logger.properties file


Use the Logger.properties file to set logger attributes for the component.

The properties file is loaded the first time the Logger.getLogger(loggername) method is called within an application. The Logger.properties file must be either on the WAS class path, or the context class path.

The logging subsystem uses Common Base Events to represent all the messages in the WAS activity.log file. We can specify our own event factory template to be used with the loggers. Use the eventfactory property in the Logger.properties file. See Sample Common Base Event template for details on the Common Base Event template.

By convention, the name of the event factory template file should be the fully qualified package name of the package using the template. The name of the file must end with the .event.xml extension. For example, a valid event factory template file name for the com.abc.somepackage package is:

com.abc.somepackage.event.xml

When specify the property value for the eventfactory property in the Logger.properties file, include the full path name with no leading slash relative to the root of the class path entry. Do not include the .event.xml extension.

For example, if the template files from the example above are located in...

com/abc/templates

the valid value for the eventfactory property is:

com/abc/templates/com.abc.somepackage

Finally, if this event factory template file is used by the com.abc.somepackage.SomeClass logger, then the following entry will appear in the Logger.properties file:

com.abc.somepackage.SomeClass.eventfactory=com/abc/templates/com.abc.somepackage




 

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Logging Common Base Events in WAS

 

Related information


Logger.properties file for configuring logger settings
Sample Common Base Event template
Log level settings