removing stack traces from log files...

[Josh Emmons]

Greetings, list.

My log files are made unusable by the huge amount of stack traces 
printed with every exception. I've tried about everything I can think of 
to fix this problem including setting axis.EXCEPTIONS to WARN (which 
produces NO logging whatsoever) and subclassing my exceptions from 
AxisFault.  I've had no success.

Of the following output generated by a SINGLE EXCEPTION the only info I 
really need it the "faultString:" info.  The other hundreds of lines can 
jump off a bridge.  How do I get rid of them?

DEBUG [Thread-5] axis.EXCEPTIONS - AxisFault:
AxisFault
 faultCode: {http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/}Server.userException
 faultSubcode:
 faultString: 
com.capitalprinting.webservices.exceptions.PublishingEngineException: 
The target job "/gauntlet1/dev/development/asdf" already exists.
 faultActor:
 faultNode:
 faultDetail:
        {http://xml.apache.org/axis/}stackTrace: 
com.capitalprinting.webservices.exceptions.PublishingEngineException: 
The target job "/gauntlet1/dev/development/asdf" already exists.
        at 
com.capitalprinting.webservices.PublishingEngine.createJob(PublishingEngine.java:177)
        at 
com.capitalprinting.webservices.PublishingEngine.createJob(PublishingEngine.java:191)
        at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor72.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at 
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
        at 
org.apache.axis.providers.java.RPCProvider.invokeMethod(RPCProvider.java:402)
        at 
org.apache.axis.providers.java.RPCProvider.processMessage(RPCProvider.java:309)
        at 
org.apache.axis.providers.java.JavaProvider.invoke(JavaProvider.java:333)
        at 
org.apache.axis.strategies.InvocationStrategy.visit(InvocationStrategy.java:71)
        at org.apache.axis.SimpleChain.doVisiting(SimpleChain.java:150)
        at org.apache.axis.SimpleChain.invoke(SimpleChain.java:120)
        at 
org.apache.axis.handlers.soap.SOAPService.invoke(SOAPService.java:481)
        at org.apache.axis.server.AxisServer.invoke(AxisServer.java:323)
        at 
org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServlet.doPost(AxisServlet.java:854)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:760)
        at 
org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServletBase.service(AxisServletBase.java:339)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:247)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:256)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2415)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:171)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:172)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:174)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
        at 
org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:223)
        at 
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:594)
        at 
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:392)
        at 
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:565)
        at 
org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:619)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536)

com.capitalprinting.webservices.exceptions.PublishingEngineException: 
The target job "/gauntlet1/dev/development/asdf" already exists.
        at org.apache.axis.AxisFault.makeFault(AxisFault.java:129)
        at 
org.apache.axis.providers.java.JavaProvider.invoke(JavaProvider.java:343)
        at 
org.apache.axis.strategies.InvocationStrategy.visit(InvocationStrategy.java:71)
        at org.apache.axis.SimpleChain.doVisiting(SimpleChain.java:150)
        at org.apache.axis.SimpleChain.invoke(SimpleChain.java:120)
        at 
org.apache.axis.handlers.soap.SOAPService.invoke(SOAPService.java:481)
        at org.apache.axis.server.AxisServer.invoke(AxisServer.java:323)
        at 
org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServlet.doPost(AxisServlet.java:854)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:760)
        at 
org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServletBase.service(AxisServletBase.java:339)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:247)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:256)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2415)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:171)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:172)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:174)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
        at 
org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:223)
        at 
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:594)
        at 
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:392)
        at 
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:565)
        at 
org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:619)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536)
Caused by: 
com.capitalprinting.webservices.exceptions.PublishingEngineException: 
The target job "/gauntlet1/dev/development/asdf" already exists.
        at 
com.capitalprinting.webservices.PublishingEngine.createJob(PublishingEngine.java:177)
        at 
com.capitalprinting.webservices.PublishingEngine.createJob(PublishingEngine.java:191)
        at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor72.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at 
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
        at 
org.apache.axis.providers.java.RPCProvider.invokeMethod(RPCProvider.java:402)
        at 
org.apache.axis.providers.java.RPCProvider.processMessage(RPCProvider.java:309)
        at 
org.apache.axis.providers.java.JavaProvider.invoke(JavaProvider.java:333)
        ... 38 more