Log the 'Test Name' in the log4j

[SeleniumMember]

I am running Selenium WebDriver Junit tests. I am trying to generate the log files using log4j. I have the logs generated and want to make it more meaningful by logging the Test Name and some other helpful info. I have no clue what I need add to get the Test Name logged for Debug purpose in the event the test fails.

So, far this is what I have...

Thanks

#Root logger
log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG, INFO, ERROR, WARN, file

#Pattern to output the caller's file name and line number.
log4j.appender.file.layout.ConversionPattern=%5p [%t] (%F:%L) - %m%n

log4j.appender.file=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
log4j.appender.file.File=C:\\src\\Selenium.logs
log4j.appender.file.maxFileSize=1MB

#Keep backup file
log4j.appender.file.maxBackupIndex=5

log4j.appender.file.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.file.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss} %-5p %c{1}:%L -%m%n
log4j.appender.file.layout.PatternLayout %d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{36} \u2013 %msg%n
log4j.appender.file.Append=false

[Krishnan Mahadevan]

Anjana,

This is more of a log4j query than a Selenium question. 

As a start you can try taking a look at : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2810926/how-to-give-dynamic-file-name-in-the-appender-in-log4j-xml

But I still don't know how does one extract the JUnit Test names. 

Thanks & Regards
Krishnan Mahadevan

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[Mark Collin]

Something like this?

@BeforeMethod
public void prepareTest(Method method) throws {
    LOGGER.info("Starting test " + method.getName() + "... ");
}

[SeleniumMember]

Thank you both for the reply. Reply didn't show up until this morning for some reason.

@Mark, As you suggested, I tried the following. I thought of adding the similar line to all the Tests. I hope this is okay to do.

@Before
    public void openBrowser() {
        log.info("Starting to execute test method TestCreateXYZ");
        driver = new FirefoxDriver();
        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
        driver.get("http://127.0.0.1/");

[Mark Collin]

What I suggested was a TestNG way to get the name of the test that was running automatically.

If you are using jUnit you can use:

@Rule
public TestRule watcher = new TestWatcher() {
    protected void starting(Description description) {
        LOGGER.info("Starting test " + description.getMethodName() + "... ");
    }
};