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davidp_1
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10 years ago

Custom Logging of assert statements from Groovy script

I'd like to use the "assert" statement in Groovy and would like to put that nice output into a separate file. Right now I see that it goes into the error file (ready-api-errors.log), but I'd like the...
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nmrao
Community Hero
10 years ago

If you are looking for date and all you need provide the appropriate value in the configuration for ConversionPattern.

You may try something like below

%d{dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm:ss,SSS} [%-8t] %-5p  %c{1}:%L %x - %m %n
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davidp_1
Occasional Contributor
10 years ago

The reason I mention it is because if you include the date, and you elect to go with the groovy power assert formatting, it won't look right (those lines won't line up correctly).

 

Instead of this:

 

assert expected == actual
       |        |  |
       Some Text|  Some Unexpected Text
                false

You'll get this:

 

2015-12-01 23:05:26,655 INFO  [LOGGER] assert expected == actual
       |        |  |
       Some Text|  Some Unexpected Text
                false

 

 

  • nmrao's avatar
    nmrao
    Community Hero
    10 years ago
    May be a small hack, if that is ok, by changing
    logger.info(e.getMessage())
    to
    logger.info('\n'+e.getMessage())
    • davidp_1's avatar
      davidp_1
      Occasional Contributor
      10 years ago

      Thanks!

       

      I have a different hack, though. I changed the layout conversion pattern parameters in the log4j appender definition to include the date plus an extra line break (%n parameter), like this:

       

               <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
            <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm:ss} %n%m%n"/>
        </layout>

       

      With the results looking like this:

       

      02-Dec-2015 09:26:17 
assert expected == actual
       |        |  |
       Some Text|  Some Unexpected Text
                false
      • nmrao's avatar
        nmrao
        Community Hero
        10 years ago
        Got you got over it.