Java Logging

Logback

Logback.xml File Configuration Example

This short Logback tutorial lists examples for configuring logback.xml to log messages to both the console and/or file appenders. 1. Logback Dependencies To include Logback, include the latest version of logback-classic dependency, which transitively includes all the necessary dependencies, including SLF4J. Spring Boot comes with SLF4J and Logback as the default logging framework, so we …

Log4j2 YAML File Example

Learn to configure log4j2.yaml file to output the log statements to the console, rolling files, etc. Also, learn to configure log4j2 appenders, levels, and patterns.

Log4j2 Tutorial

Log4j2 provides significant improvements over its predecessor Log4j. Read about its xml and properties configuration and various examples.

Setting Up SLF4J with Logback, Log4j2 and JUL

SLF4J (Simple Logging Facade for Java) is a simple facade or abstraction for various logging frameworks, such as Java Util Logging (JUL), Logback and Log4j2. We use the abstract SLF4J API in the application, and later we can plug in any desired logging framework as underlying implementation. Using SLF4J helps …

Java Logging with Mapped Diagnostic Context (MDC)

A Mapped Diagnostic Context, or MDC in short, is an instrument for distinguishing interleaved log output from different sources. Log output is typically interleaved when a server handles multiple clients near-simultaneously. 1. Stamping Requests with MDC MDC is used to stamp each request. It is done by putting the contextual …

Java Fluent Logging with Flogger

Flogger, developed, used and recommended by Google, is a fluent style logging API for Java. Apart from fluency, flogger offers many more other features than existing logging frameworks that we will learn in this tutorial. 1. Flogger Dependencies Flogger, similar to SLF4J, acts as an abstraction and uses the underlying …

Masking Sensitive Data with Logback

Masking sensitive data in logback logs is done by partially or fully replacing the client-sensitive data or NPI (nonpublic personal information) with some arbitrary encoded text. For example, the SSN information can be replaced with all star characters or we can remove the complete SSN information from the logs. 1. …

Logback XMLLayout

Logback XMLLayout outputs events into XML format that is log4j.dtd compliant (instead of an W3C XML Schema). The generated XML logs can be viewed using the opensource Log viewer tools such as Apache Chainsaw and vigilog. 1. XMLLayout Sample Configuration The given configuration logs into the rolling files using the …

Logback HTMLLayout

Logback HTMLLayout outputs events in an HTML table. The content of the table columns is specified using a conversion pattern in the encoder property. 1. HTMLLayout Sample Configuration For quick reference, this is the configuration file we will be referring. It logs into c:/temp/logs/applicationLogs.html file and rolls-over daily. 2. Dependencies …

Logback RollingFileAppender

Logback RollingFileAppender appends log events into a file with the capability to rollover (archive the current log file and resume logging in a new file) based on a particular schedule, such as daily, weekly, monthly or based on log file size. For quick reference, this is configuration file we will …

Logback Console Appender

Logback ConsoleAppender appends on the console though System.out or System.err print streams. In this Logback tutorial, learn about default configured console logging and how to apply custom configuration. 1. Dependencies Logback requires three modules in the application runtime i.e. logback-core, logback-classic and slf4j-api. The logback-classic module has implemented the SLF4J …

Logback Tutorial

Logback is intended as a successor to the log4j project and was designed by Ceki Gülcü. Logback is faster and has a smaller footprint than all existing logging systems. Logback performs about ten times faster than Log4j on specific critical execution paths. The Logger class in logback-classic implements the SLF4J …

Log4j2 – Maven and Gradle Configuration

Learn to configure Log4j2 using Maven and Gradle dependencies. 1. Log4j Modules The main modules of interest are given below. We can read the complete list of modules and their dependencies at this link. 2. Maven Dependencies An example of log4j2 configuration with SLF4J using Maven. We can check the …

Log4j2 with SLF4J Configuration

Learn to configure Log4j2 logging with SLF4J APIs. We will look at required dependencies, sample configuration and a demo to use the log statements. Read More: SLF4j Vs Log4j – Which One is Better? 1. Log4j2 and SLF4j Binding Dependencies To make Log4j2 work with SLF4J, we need to include …

Log4j2 ConsoleAppender Example

Log4j2 ConsoleAppender appends the log events generated by the application into the System.out or System.err. The default target is System.err. The console appender uses the log message pattern specified by the user in configuration using PatternLayout property. 1. Log4j2 ConsoleAppender Configuration Use and customize the below-given configuration snippets for configuring …

Log4j2 RollingFileAppender Example

Log4j2 RollingFileAppender is an OutputStreamAppender that writes log messages to files, following a configured triggering policy about when a rollover (backup) should occur.

Log4j2 LevelRangeFilter Example

Learn to use log4j LevelRangeFilter filter which returns the onMatch result if the level in the LogEvent is in the range of the configured min and max levels, otherwise it returns onMismatch value. LevelRangeFilter Configuration In given log4j2.xml file, we have used to LevelRangeFilter to filter log levels in such …

Log4j2 Multiple Appenders Example

Given log4j2.xml is reference to configure multiple appenders such as console appender and file appenders. This also configure the dynamic log root path. Log4j2 Multiple Appenders – XML Configuration Sample log4j2 configuration is given blow. It does following things: Uses dynamic log root path where log files will be created. …

Log4j2 HTMLLayout Configuration Example

This Log4j2 example will help you in configuring log4j2.xml file with HTMLLayout. The HTMLLayout generates an HTML page and adds each log statement to a row in a table.

Log4j2 – Useful Log Format Pattern Layouts

Given log4j2 conversion patterns are for reference so that you and me don’t waste time to build these patterns everytime we are creating/editing log4j configuration files.

Log4j2 JSON Configuration Example

Apache Log4j 2 is an upgrade to Log4j 1.x that provides significant improvements over its predecessor such as performance improvement, automatic reloading of modified configuration files, Java 8 lambda support and custom log levels. In addition to XML and properties files, Log4j2 can be configured using JSON also. 1. Log4j2 …

Log4j2 Properties File Example

Log4j2 properties tutorial. Learn to configure log4j2.properties file to output to console, rolling files etc. Learn log4j2 appenders, levels and patterns.

How to Reload Log4j2 Configuration

Excessive logging is a common cause of performance degradation of applications. It is one of the best practices to ensure proper logging within your Java EE application implementation. However, be careful with the logging level that you enable in your production environment. Excessive logging will trigger high IO on your …

Log4j Logging Levels

Learn about Log4j log levels. Log4j2 log levels example. Learn about log4j logging level order and how log level works in this log4j tutorial.

Log4j2 XMLLayout

Log4j2 comes with multiple options to create and format log files created by the framework. It can create simple log files, HTML log files or even XML log files also. In this tutorial, we will see the example for configuring log4j to produce logs in XML format. To create a …

About Us

HowToDoInJava provides tutorials and how-to guides on Java and related technologies.

It also shares the best practices, algorithms & solutions and frequently asked interview questions.