Is there any way to write error log or exception into a file in java. i have gone through Log4j. I googled about it but diidnt find a good solution. I have written a simple code
catch (Exception e) {
PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(new FileOutputStream("Log"));
e.printStackTrace(pw);
}
Is there any other way to log the errors or exception? can any body provide me wwith sample example of Log4j?
First read log4j Manual, it's easy to configure a rolling log file. You do not have to do any explicit file operations.
#SET LEVEL of ROOT-LOGGER, you will like to have Debug in local, but in prod you may just want WARN and ABOVE. This setting is done here!
log4j.rootLogger=debug, stdout, R
log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
# Pattern to output the caller's file name and line number. (basically, format of log)
log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%5p [%t] (%F:%L) - %m%n
# THIS IS WHERE YOU WILL HAVE ALL THE LOG WRITTEN
log4j.appender.R=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
log4j.appender.R.File=/var/log/applogs/example.log
# Maximum size of log file, usually we keep 10MB
log4j.appender.R.MaxFileSize=100KB
# Keep one backup file, usually we keep 10
log4j.appender.R.MaxBackupIndex=1
log4j.appender.R.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.R.layout.ConversionPattern=%p %t %c - %m%n
Second, whenever you catch an exception, do like this
public class MyClass{
private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(MyClass.class);
public ReturnType myMethod(Param p, Param2 p2) {
....
....
try {
..
} catch(MyException e) {
logger.log("Exceptions happen!", e); //this will put all the details in log file configured earlier
}
....
}
....
}
It worth reading the manual. Even better read Complete log4j Manual