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Configure Logger

Configure Logger

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  1. In the Project Explorer view, expand _example > src > main
  2. Right-Click the main folder and select New > Folder
  3. In the Folder Name: field type resources
  4. In the newly created folder, create a file named logback-example.xml
  5. Add the following contents to the file

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <configuration scan="true" scanPeriod="5 seconds">
    
        <contextName>example</contextName>
    
        <jmxConfigurator contextName="example" />
    
        <appender name="EXAMPLE_APPENDER" class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
            <File>log/example.log</File>
            <Append>true</Append>
            <Encoding>UTF-8</Encoding>
            <BufferedIO>false</BufferedIO>
            <ImmediateFlush>true</ImmediateFlush>
    
            <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.FixedWindowRollingPolicy">
                <FileNamePattern>example.%i.log</FileNamePattern>
                <MinIndex>1</MinIndex>
                <MaxIndex>10</MaxIndex>
            </rollingPolicy>
    
            <triggeringPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy">
                <MaxFileSize>5MB</MaxFileSize>
            </triggeringPolicy>
    
            <encoder class="ch.qos.logback.classic.encoder.PatternLayoutEncoder">
                <pattern>%msg%n</pattern>
            </encoder>
        </appender>
    
        <appender name="CONSOLE" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
            <encoder>
                <pattern>[%p] [%thread] %logger - %msg%n</pattern>
            </encoder>
        </appender>
    
        <root>
            <level value="DEBUG" />
            <appender-ref ref="CONSOLE" />
            <appender-ref ref="EXAMPLE_APPENDER" />
        </root>
    
        <logger name="com.red5pro.example" level="DEBUG">
            <appender-ref ref="CONSOLE" />
            <appender-ref ref="EXAMPLE_APPENDER" />
        </logger>
    
    </configuration>
  6. Save the file