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Defines a handler which writes to a file, rotating the log after the size of the file grows beyond a certain point and keeping a fixed number of backups.

Provided capabilities(1)

Attributes (15)

  • append Specify whether to append to the target file.
    • Attribute Value
    Default Value true
    Type BOOLEAN
    Nillable true
    Expressions Allowed true
    Storage configuration
    Access Type read-write
    Restart Required no-services
  • autoflush Automatically flush after each write.
    • Attribute Value
    Default Value true
    Type BOOLEAN
    Nillable true
    Expressions Allowed true
    Storage configuration
    Access Type read-write
    Restart Required no-services
  • enabled If set to true the handler is enabled and functioning as normal, if set to false the handler is ignored when processing log messages.
    • Attribute Value
    Default Value true
    Type BOOLEAN
    Nillable true
    Expressions Allowed true
    Storage configuration
    Access Type read-write
    Restart Required no-services
  • encoding The character encoding used by this Handler.
    • Attribute Value
    Type STRING
    Nillable true
    Expressions Allowed true
    Storage configuration
    Access Type read-write
    Restart Required no-services
  • file The file description consisting of the path and optional relative to path.
    • Attribute Value
    Type OBJECT
    Nillable false
    Expressions Allowed false
    Storage configuration
    Access Type read-write
    Restart Required no-services
  • filter Defines a simple filter type.
    • Deprecated Since 1.2.0
    Use filter-spec.
    Attribute Value
    Type OBJECT
    Nillable true
    Expressions Allowed false
    Storage configuration
    Access Type read-write
    Restart Required no-services
  • filter-spec A filter expression value to define a filter. Example for a filter that does not match a pattern: not(match("JBAS.*"))
    • Attribute Value
    Capability reference
    Type STRING
    Nillable true
    Expressions Allowed true
    Storage configuration
    Access Type read-write
    Restart Required no-services
  • formatter Defines a pattern for the formatter.
    • Attribute Value
    Default Value %d{HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p [%c] (%t) %s%e%n
    Type STRING
    Nillable true
    Expressions Allowed true
    Storage configuration
    Access Type read-write
    Restart Required no-services
  • level The log level specifying which message levels will be logged by this logger. Message levels lower than this value will be discarded.
    • Attribute Value
    Default Value ALL
    Type STRING
    Nillable true
    Expressions Allowed true
    Storage configuration
    Access Type read-write
    Restart Required no-services
    Allowed Values ALL
    FINEST
    FINER
    TRACE
    DEBUG
    FINE
    CONFIG
    INFO
    WARN
    WARNING
    ERROR
    SEVERE
    FATAL
    OFF
  • max-backup-index The maximum number of backups to keep.
    • Attribute Value
    Default Value 1
    Type INT
    Nillable true
    Expressions Allowed true
    Min 1
    Max 2,147,483,647
    Storage configuration
    Access Type read-write
    Restart Required no-services
  • name The name of the handler.
    • Deprecated Since 1.2.0
    The name attribute should not be used as the handler's address contains the name.
    Attribute Value
    Type STRING
    Nillable true
    Expressions Allowed false
    Storage configuration
    Access Type read-only
  • named-formatter The name of the defined formatter to be used on the handler.
  • rotate-on-boot Indicates the file should be rotated each time the file attribute is changed. This always happens when at initialization time.
    • Attribute Value
    Default Value false
    Type BOOLEAN
    Nillable true
    Expressions Allowed true
    Storage configuration
    Access Type read-write
    Restart Required no-services
  • rotate-size The size at which to rotate the log file.
    • Attribute Value
    Default Value 2m
    Type STRING
    Nillable true
    Expressions Allowed true
    Storage configuration
    Access Type read-write
    Restart Required no-services
  • suffix Set the suffix string. The string is in a format which can be understood by java.text.SimpleDateFormat. The suffix does not determine when the file should be rotated.
    • Attribute Value
    Type STRING
    Nillable true
    Expressions Allowed true
    Storage configuration
    Access Type read-write
    Restart Required no-services

Operations (8)

  • add Add a new size rotating file handler.
    Request Parameter Type Required Expressions Allowed Default value Description
    append BOOLEAN false true true Specify whether to append to the target file.
    autoflush BOOLEAN false true true Automatically flush after each write.
    enabled BOOLEAN false true true If set to true the handler is enabled and functioning as normal, if set to false the handler is ignored when processing log messages.
    encoding STRING false true The character encoding used by this Handler.
    file OBJECT true false The file description consisting of the path and optional relative to path.
    filter OBJECT false false Defines a simple filter type.
    filter-spec STRING false true A filter expression value to define a filter. Example for a filter that does not match a pattern: not(match("JBAS.*"))
    formatter STRING false true %d{HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p [%c] (%t) %s%e%n Defines a pattern for the formatter.
    level STRING false true ALL The log level specifying which message levels will be logged by this logger. Message levels lower than this value will be discarded.
    max-backup-index INT false true 1 The maximum number of backups to keep.
    name STRING false false The name of the handler.
    named-formatter STRING false false The name of the defined formatter to be used on the handler.
    rotate-on-boot BOOLEAN false true false Indicates the file should be rotated each time the file attribute is changed. This always happens when at initialization time.
    rotate-size STRING false true 2m The size at which to rotate the log file.
    suffix STRING false true Set the suffix string. The string is in a format which can be understood by java.text.SimpleDateFormat. The suffix does not determine when the file should be rotated.
  • change-file Change the file for a handler.
    Deprecated Since 1.2.0
    Use the write-attribute operation.
    Request Parameter Type Required Expressions Allowed Default value Description
    file OBJECT true false Change the file for a handler.
  • change-log-level Change the logging level for a handler.
    Deprecated Since 1.2.0
    Use the write-attribute operation.
    Request Parameter Type Required Expressions Allowed Default value Description
    level STRING false true ALL The new level to set.
  • disable Disable a logging handler.
    Deprecated Since 1.2.0
    Use the write-attribute for the enabled attribute.
  • enable Enable a logging handler.
    Deprecated Since 1.2.0
    Use the write-attribute for the enabled attribute.
  • remove Removes the size rotating file handler.
  • resolve-path Resolves a relative path of a previously named paths or one of the standard paths provided by the system.
    Request Parameter Type Required Expressions Allowed Default value Description
    relative-to-only BOOLEAN false false Indicates whether only the relative-to attribute should be resolved or the full path should be resolved. The default is false meaning the entire path will be resolved.

    Reply properties

    The resolved path from the relative path attribute.
    type
    STRING
  • update-properties Update the properties on the existing handler.
    Deprecated Since 1.2.0
    Use the write-attribute operation.
    Request Parameter Type Required Expressions Allowed Default value Description
    level STRING false true ALL The log level specifying which message levels will be logged by this logger. Message levels lower than this value will be discarded.
    enabled BOOLEAN false true true If set to true the handler is enabled and functioning as normal, if set to false the handler is ignored when processing log messages.
    encoding STRING false true The character encoding used by this Handler.
    formatter STRING false true %d{HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p [%c] (%t) %s%e%n Defines a pattern for the formatter.
    filter-spec STRING false true A filter expression value to define a filter. Example for a filter that does not match a pattern: not(match("JBAS.*"))
    autoflush BOOLEAN false true true Automatically flush after each write.
    append BOOLEAN false true true Specify whether to append to the target file.
    max-backup-index INT false true 1 The maximum number of backups to keep.
    rotate-size STRING false true 2m The size at which to rotate the log file.
    rotate-on-boot BOOLEAN false true false Indicates the file should be rotated each time the file attribute is changed. This always happens when at initialization time.
    named-formatter STRING false false The name of the defined formatter to be used on the handler.
    file OBJECT true false The file description consisting of the path and optional relative to path.
    suffix STRING false true Set the suffix string. The string is in a format which can be understood by java.text.SimpleDateFormat. The suffix does not determine when the file should be rotated.
    filter OBJECT false false Defines a simple filter type.