Question

I’m trying to configure Logger to write to a file in the application configuration folder, but I’m not able to figure how to do so, here is the function I use to configure the logging output at program startup:

private void ConfigureLogger(){
    Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(FormLogin.class.getName());

    try{
        FileHandler handler = new FileHandler(getConfigurationFolder()+"\\application.log", 10, 1, true);

        logger.addHandler(handler);
    }
    catch(IOException e){

    }
    logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "test message");
}

The application.log file is created, but the test log is not written in it but in the console application.

Answer 1

Could you try:

FileHandler handler = new FileHandler("D:/temp/application.log", 8096, 1, true);

Parameters:

• pattern – the pattern for naming the output file
• limit – the maximum number of bytes to write to any one file
• count – the number of files to use
• append – specifies append mode