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Writing to the Correct Log

Let's start with the basics first. In order to write into the log files correctly, we should make use of the LogUtil (Source code: https://github.com/jogetworkflow/jw-community/blob/6.0-SNAPSHOT/wflow-commons/src/main/java/org/joget/commons/util/LogUtil.java) utility class.

We should not use the following to print out log in writing our own plugins.

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System.out.println("Execution is successful");

This is because this line of message would appear in catalina.out but not in the default Joget's log file, joget.log.

Instead, we should make use of these methods provided by LogUtil. Check out the sample codes used by Email Tool (Source code: https://github.com/jogetworkflow/jw-community/blob/6.0-SNAPSHOT/wflow-core/src/main/java/org/joget/apps/app/lib/EmailTool.java#L227)

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LogUtil.info(EmailTool.class.getName(), "EmailTool: Sending email from=" + email.getFromAddress().toString() + ", to=" + to + "cc=" + cc + ", bcc=" + bcc + ", subject=" + email.getSubject());
LogUtil.info(EmailTool.class.getName(), "EmailTool: Sending email completed for subject=" + email.getSubject());
LogUtil.error(EmailTool.class.getName(), ex, "");

Separate Logs of Different Origin/Plugins into Different Log Files

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log4j.logger.org.joget.apps.app.lib.EmailTool=DEBUG, R2
log4j.logger.org.joget.apps.app.lib.UserNotificationAuditTrail=DEBUG, R2
log4j.logger.org.joget.plugin.enterprise.ExportFormEmailTool=DEBUG, R2

# A1 is set to be a ConsoleAppender.
log4j.appender.A1=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender

# A1 uses PatternLayout.
log4j.appender.A1.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.A1.layout.ConversionPattern=%-5p %d{dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss} %c %x - %m%n

# R is set to be DailyRollingFileAppender
log4j.appender.R=org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender
log4j.appender.R.File=${catalina.home}/logs/joget.log
log4j.appender.R.DatePattern='.'yyyyMMdd
log4j.appender.R.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.R.layout.ConversionPattern=%-5p %d{dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss} %c %x - %m%n

# R2 is set to be DailyRollingFileAppender
log4j.appender.R2=org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender
log4j.appender.R2.File=${catalina.home}/logs/email.log
log4j.appender.R2.DatePattern='.'yyyyMMdd
log4j.appender.R2.layout=org.apache.log4j.EnhancedPatternLayout
log4j.appender.R2.layout.ConversionPattern=%-5p %d{dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss} %-50c - %m%throwable{0}%n

 

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