Thanks for the replies. Let me ask a more pointed question now as rummaging
through the source will probably take me hours. I'm curious about the
overloads with the throwable, for instance:
logger.error("some message", <some throwable>);
What's the expected behavior? Meaning, what is the logging framework going to
do with the message and the exception? I know the message is usually output
via the message property in the pattern layout. But what happens with the
throwable? Is there some code responsible for constructing a message which
combines the supplied message with the throwable exception message and
callstack?
I wrote the following simple java sample:
import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
public class Test
{
private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(Test.class);
public static void main(String[] args)
{
logger.info("entered main");
try
{
throw(new IllegalArgumentException("bad argument"));
}
catch(Throwable t)
{
logger.error("caught exception", t);
}
logger.info("exiting main");
}
}
Here is the log4j2.xml file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Configuration status="WARN">
<Appenders>
<Console name="Console" >
<PatternLayout pattern="%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{36} \
- %msg%n"/>
</Console>
</Appenders>
<Loggers>
<Root level="info">
<AppenderRef ref="Console"/>
</Root>
</Loggers>
</Configuration>
Here is the output to the console when I run the sample:
[nick@thinkpad log4j]$ java Test
16:37:57.681 [main] INFO Test - entered main
16:37:57.683 [main] ERROR Test - caught exception
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: bad argument
at Test.main(Test.java:13) [log4j/:?]
16:37:57.689 [main] INFO Test - exiting main
So there does seem to be some code which is combining the message with the
exception. Just wondering where that happens. Now onto my specific problem.
We've got someone saying that when they use the error() method which takes a
string message and an throwable the exception information is not making it to
our central repository. We have written our own appender and our own layout.
Here is a snippet from our appender:
String serializedEvent = (String) getLayout().toSerializable(logEvent);
Here is a snippet from our layout:
String message = logEvent.getMessage().getFormattedMessage();
It seems the message above does not include any exception info. What are we
doing wrong?
Thanks,
Nick
________________________________
From: Remko Popma <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, November 4, 2016 10:42 AM
To: Log4J Users List
Subject: Re: looking for source
Sure. Start in AbstractLogger in the API module:
https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/blob/master/log4j-api/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/spi/AbstractLogger.java
and at some point you probably also want to look at the concrete subclass
Logger in the core module:
https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/blob/master/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/Logger.java
Hope this helps to get you started.
It may be easier to use an IDE and check out the whole project
(https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/source-repository.html).
Log4j - Source Repository - Apache Log4j
2<https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/source-repository.html>
logging.apache.org
Access from Behind a Firewall. Refer to the documentation of the SCM used for
more information about access behind a firewall.
Enjoy!
Remko
Sent from my iPhone
> On 4 Nov 2016, at 23:29, Nicholas Duane <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I'm not that familiar with java and java conventions, package names, etc.
> I'm trying to find the source for log4j2's implementation of
> logger.error(String, Throwable);. Can someone point me to that? I was
> looking around here:
>
>
> https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=logging-log4j2.git;a=tree;hb=refs/heads/master
>
>
> But couldn't seem to find what I was looking for.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Nick
