How do I get java logging output to appear on a si

Question

At the moment a default entry looks something like this:

Oct 12, 2008 9:45:18 AM myClassInfoHere
INFO: MyLogMessageHere

How do I get it to do this?

Oct 12, 2008 9:45:18 AM myClassInfoHere - INFO: MyLogMessageHere

Clarification I'm using java.util.logging

Answer 1

Per screenshot, in Eclipse select "run as" then "Run Configurations..." and add the answer from Trevor Robinson with double quotes instead of quotes. If you miss the double quotes you'll get "could not find or load main class" errors.

Answer 2

Similar to Tervor, But I like to change the property on runtime.

Note that this need to be set before the first SimpleFormatter is created - as was written in the comments.

    System.setProperty("java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter.format", 
            "%1$tF %1$tT %4$s %2$s %5$s%6$s%n");

Answer 3

if you're using java.util.logging, then there is a configuration file that is doing this to log contents (unless you're using programmatic configuration). So, your options are
1) run post -processor that removes the line breaks
2) change the log configuration AND remove the line breaks from it. Restart your application (server) and you should be good.

Answer 4

1) -Djava.util.logging.SimpleFormatter.format

Java 7 supports a property with the java.util.Formatter format string syntax.

-Djava.util.logging.SimpleFormatter.format=... 

See here.

My favorite is:

-Djava.util.logging.SimpleFormatter.format=%1$tY-%1$tm-%1$td %1$tH:%1$tM:%1$tS %4$-6s %2$s %5$s%6$s%n

which makes output like:

2014-09-02 16:44:57 SEVERE org.jboss.windup.util.ZipUtil unzip: Failed to load: foo.zip

2) Putting it to IDEs

IDEs typically let you set system properties for a project. E.g. in NetBeans, instead of adding -D...=... somewhere, add the property in the action dialog, in a form of java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter.format=%1$tY-%1$tm-... - without any quotes. The IDE should figure out.

3) Putting that to Maven - Surefire

For your convenience, Here is how to put it to Surefire:

        <!-- Surefire -->
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>2.17</version>
            <configuration>
                <systemPropertyVariables>
                    <!-- Set JUL Formatting -->
                    <java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter.format>%1$tY-%1$tm-%1$td %1$tH:%1$tM:%1$tS %4$-6s %2$s %5$s%6$s%n</java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter.format>
                </systemPropertyVariables>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>

4) Hand-made

I have a library with few java.util.logging related classes. Amongst them, it's SingleLineFormatter. Downloadable jar here.

public class SingleLineFormatter extends Formatter {

  Date dat = new Date();
  private final static String format = "{0,date} {0,time}";
  private MessageFormat formatter;
  private Object args[] = new Object[1];

  // Line separator string.  This is the value of the line.separator
  // property at the moment that the SimpleFormatter was created.
  //private String lineSeparator = (String) java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(
  //        new sun.security.action.GetPropertyAction("line.separator"));
  private String lineSeparator = "\n";

  /**
   * Format the given LogRecord.
   * @param record the log record to be formatted.
   * @return a formatted log record
   */
  public synchronized String format(LogRecord record) {

    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

    // Minimize memory allocations here.
    dat.setTime(record.getMillis());    
    args[0] = dat;


    // Date and time 
    StringBuffer text = new StringBuffer();
    if (formatter == null) {
      formatter = new MessageFormat(format);
    }
    formatter.format(args, text, null);
    sb.append(text);
    sb.append(" ");


    // Class name 
    if (record.getSourceClassName() != null) {
      sb.append(record.getSourceClassName());
    } else {
      sb.append(record.getLoggerName());
    }

    // Method name 
    if (record.getSourceMethodName() != null) {
      sb.append(" ");
      sb.append(record.getSourceMethodName());
    }
    sb.append(" - "); // lineSeparator



    String message = formatMessage(record);

    // Level
    sb.append(record.getLevel().getLocalizedName());
    sb.append(": ");

    // Indent - the more serious, the more indented.
    //sb.append( String.format("% ""s") );
    int iOffset = (1000 - record.getLevel().intValue()) / 100;
    for( int i = 0; i < iOffset;  i++ ){
      sb.append(" ");
    }


    sb.append(message);
    sb.append(lineSeparator);
    if (record.getThrown() != null) {
      try {
        StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
        PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(sw);
        record.getThrown().printStackTrace(pw);
        pw.close();
        sb.append(sw.toString());
      } catch (Exception ex) {
      }
    }
    return sb.toString();
  }
}