Fails to start with non-descriptive message if <formatter /> tag is missing from a logger. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Key: AS7-1477 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/AS7-1477 Project: Application Server 7 Issue Type: Bug Components: Logging Reporter: James Perkins Assignee: James Perkins Fix For: 7.0.1.Final The error message for a missing <formatter /> tag needs to be more descriptive. If a formatter is required, run a validation test. Otherwise perform null checks. Example: 09:53:28,326 ERROR [org.jboss.msc.service.fail] MSC00001: Failed to start service jboss.logging.handler.CONSOLE: org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.logging.handler.CONSOLE: Failed to start service at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1786) at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$ClearTCCLTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:2291) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) [:1.6.0_26] at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) [:1.6.0_26] at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662) [:1.6.0_26] Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.jboss.as.logging.ConsoleHandlerService.start(ConsoleHandlerService.java:55) at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1765) ... 4 more -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira