Logging problem, please Help !

[metalhammer29a]

I am using the new Logging feature introduced in GWT 2.1.

I get this annoying line in my logs, that keeps repeating in every
other line :

"24-Dec-2010 6:58:42 PM java.util.logging.LogManager$RootLogger log"
INFO : what i am interested in
24-Dec-2010 6:58:42 PM java.util.logging.LogManager$RootLogger log
INFO: .....
24-Dec-2010 6:58:42 PM java.util.logging.LogManager$RootLogger log


I want to get rid of this,
"24-Dec-2010 6:58:42 PM java.util.logging.LogManager$RootLogger log"
because it doesnt add anything of value, the time and date is
interesting,
but not that full name of the class.


does anyone know how I can do that ?
I want to see only the INFO part, not the other lines.
(time and date are interesting though)

I use these settings:
private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger("");

and in my .gwt.xml file:

<set-property name="gwt.logging.enabled" value="TRUE"/>
<set-property name="gwt.logging.logLevel" value="ALL"/>
<set-property name="gwt.logging.consoleHandler" value="ENABLED" />
<set-property name="gwt.logging.developmentModeHandler"
value="ENABLED" />
<set-property name="gwt.logging.firebugHandler" value="ENABLED" />
<set-property name="gwt.logging.hasWidgetsHandler"
value="DISABLED" />
<set-property name="gwt.logging.popupHandler" value="DISABLED" />
<set-property name="gwt.logging.systemHandler" value="ENABLED" />
<set-property name="gwt.logging.simpleRemoteHandler"
value="ENABLED" />


I tried changing some of these properties with no luck.
please help.

[David Chandler]

GWT uses standard java.util.logging, which lets you specify a custom
formatter in logging.properties. Perhaps this will help:

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v6r0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.websphere.express.doc/info/exp/ae/rtrb_createformatter.html

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[Mauro Bertapelle]

First you need to supply a custom formatter. Look at com.google.gwt.logging.client.TextLogFormatter for a simple example or, this is an example of a formatter that format log message in a single line:

public class CustomFormatter extends FormatterImpl {
  private boolean showStackTraces;
  private final DateTimeFormat dtFormat = DateTimeFormat.getFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");


  public CustomFormatter(boolean showStackTraces) {
    this.showStackTraces = showStackTraces;
  }

  @Override
  public String format(LogRecord event) {
    StringBuilder message = new StringBuilder();
    message.append(getRecordInfo(event, " "));
    message.append(event.getMessage());
    if (showStackTraces) {
      message.append(getStackTraceAsString(event.getThrown(), "\n", "\t"));
    }
    return message.toString();
  }

  @Override
  protected String getRecordInfo(LogRecord event, String newline) {
    Date date = new Date(event.getMillis());
    StringBuilder s = new StringBuilder();
    s.append(dtFormat.format(date));
    s.append(" "); // comment this line to get rid of classpath name
    s.append(event.getLoggerName()); // comment this line to get rid of classpath name
    s.append(newline);
    s.append(event.getLevel().getName());
    s.append(": ");
    return s.toString();
  }
}


Then all you have to do is associate your custom formatter with log handlers:

public class MyGwtApp implements EntryPoint {
  private static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger(MyGwtApp.class.getName());

  // initialize logger with custom formatter
  static {
    Handler handlers[] = Logger.getLogger("").getHandlers();
    for (Handler handler : handlers) {
      handler.setFormatter(new CustomFormatter(false));
    }
  }
  ....

[jscheller]

On Dec 27 2010, 12:11 pm, Mauro Bertapelle

<mauro.bertape...@gmail.com> wrote:

>   // initialize logger with custom formatter
>   static {
>     Handler handlers[] = Logger.getLogger("").getHandlers();
>     for (Handler handler : handlers) {
>       handler.setFormatter(new CustomFormatter(false));
>     }
>   }
>   ....

Am I missing something, or do log formatters not work with the log
output to the 'Console' tab in Eclipse? I never seem to have any
handlers returned from getHandlers(), but somehow I'm getting log
output there... That date/class line simply crushes readability, and
the Eclipse panel seems like an ideal place to be monitoring output...
Feel like an idiot after spending an hour fooling with this... :-(

[jscheller]

Heck, never mind.

I had logging disabled in my gwt.xml file, and apparently that still
allows logging to happen with a default formatter in Eclipse. Once I
enabled logging, the handlers got installed and my messages are
formatted (almost) the way I want them.

[slaps head, goes looking for more coffee... ]