Appenders are components of the logging process. You can send logging requests to multiple destinations. These output destinations are called appenders.
Appenders can exist for consoles or files. You can associate one or more loggers with a given appender. Alternatively, you can associate a single logger with multiple appenders.
The system provides you with the following types of appenders. You cannot delete any of the system appenders.
Type | Description |
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Console appender | Writes log statements to the application server console. |
Rolling appender | Writes log statements to the file specified in the File Name field. Once the file size limit is reached (5 MB by default), the current file is renamed and a new file is created. For example, if the current file is named maximo.log, then the renamed file is maximo.log.1. |
Daily Rolling appender | Writes log statements to the file specified in the File Name field. The file is renamed and a new file is created at a specified rate. This rate depends on the Date Pattern attribute. For example, if you have configured the Date Pattern of your Daily Rolling Appender to yyyy-MM-dd, when the current file is named maximo_scheduled.log, the renamed file is maximo_scheduled.log.2007-06-18. |