Re: [keycloak-dev] Debug/Trace logging

Actually, the solution was even simpler than that. I guess I just needed the weekend to clear my head. On 1/25/2016 7:16 AM, Stian Thorgersen wrote: We should not require having two logger fields in a class. Instead we should create a wrapper logger that gives access to the class logger for debug, but also the special loggers for other log output. For example: final KeycloakLogger logger = KeycloakLogger.getLogger(MyClass.class); logger.debug("Hello world!"); logger.config().serverConfigNotFound(); logger.realm().realmNameInUse(realmName); On 22 January 2016 at 18:36, Stan Silvert <ssilvert(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > From yesterday's discussion, it was clear that as a group, we consider > debug/trace logging to be fundamentally different from other logging. > The loggers I've been concerned with will be logged through a limited > number of keycloak loggers using broad categories such as User, Realm, > Config, etc. > > But for debug/trace logging, we want the category to be based upon the > class it was logged from. That way, you can turn logging on for a > particular class, package, or sub-package to do your trace. > > There is no good way to do both kinds of logging using the same logger > instance. Therefore, I propose that debug/trace logging be done the > same way we've always done it. Declare a debug/trace logger in your > class and use that. Other logging will be done through the keycloak > logger. > > So, to do both kinds of logging in the same class, you declare two > loggers: > > private static final KeycloakLogger kcLogger = KeycloakLogger.ROOT_LOGGER; > private static final Logger debugLogger = Logger.getLogger(MyClass.class); > ..... > kcLogger.CONFIG.localizedMessage("My localized message"); // logged to > "keycloak-config" category > ..... > debugLogger.debug("My debug message"); // logged to > "org.keycloak.mypackage.MyClass" category > > Comments? > > _______________________________________________ > keycloak-dev mailing list > keycloak-dev(a)lists.jboss.org > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/keycloak-dev >