B4J Question Logging config

[Haris Hafeez]

Hey everybody,

Was wondering if there is a way to configure the logging system, such as, what gets output to the logs and the format of the logs?

By default, the log statements print to the console output (one running the jar) whereas the log itself has very rudimentary information in it (HTTP method calls only).

 

[Roycefer]

What are you trying to accomplish?

The jAWTRobot library allows you to redirect Standard Out and/or Standard Error to files of your choice.

The jColorLogger library allows you to output column-aligned color-coded output as well as receive console input.

 

[Haris Hafeez]

Thanks for the reply. I am trying to configure the logging system, as we do so when using log4j etc.

I am interested in setting up the log system such that the output contains things like the timestamp of the request, method name where the log came from, the log statement.

I've not looked at the jAWTRobot library before so will give that a look. I think that might be able to help. Note that I am thinking about logging in use cases where the jar is deployed as a windows or linux service (either .bat, service or a daemon).

 

[Erel]

You can implement your own MyLog sub:

Public Sub MyLog(msg As String)
 Log($"$DateTime{DateTime.Now}: ${msg}"$)
End Sub

Now call this method instead of calling Log.

 

[Haris Hafeez]

You can implement your own MyLog sub:

Public Sub MyLog(msg As String)
Log($"$DateTime{DateTime.Now}: ${msg}"$)
End Sub

Now call this method instead of calling Log.

I like the simplicity of this solution.