To set up logback to assign various colors to distinct log levels, you will need to use a compatible console appender and customize the logback.xml configuration file accordingly.
First, you need to choose a compatible console appender that supports color coding. Logback supports several console appenders, including ANSIConsoleAppender, which is compatible with most Unix-based systems, and WindowsConsoleAppender, which is compatible with Windows environments.
Next, you need to define color-coded log statements for each log level. This is done using the <highlight>
tag in the logback.xml file. For example, to specify a red color for all error-level logs, add the following code snippet under the appender section:
<highlight level="ERROR" >
<color>red</color>
</highlight>
<highlight level="INFO" >
<color>green</color>
</highlight>
Repeat the process for all log levels that you want to customize with colors.
Save the logback.xml configuration file and restart your application. The console output should now display color-coded log statements according to their log level.
Here's a sample logback.xml configuration file with color-coded log statements for various log levels:
<configuration>
<appender name="console" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
<encoder>
<pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n</pattern>
</encoder>
<target>System.out</target>
</appender>
<root level="DEBUG">
<appender-ref ref="console"/>
</root>
<highlight level="ERROR" >
<color>red</color>
</highlight>
<highlight level="WARN" >
<color>yellow</color>
</highlight>
<highlight level="INFO" >
<color>green</color>
</highlight>
<highlight level="DEBUG" >
<color>blue</color>
</highlight>
</configuration>
This configuration file sets up color-coded logs for error, warning, info, and debug log levels. All error-level log statements are displayed in red, warning-level logs in yellow, info-level logs in green, and debug-level logs in blue.
Asked: 2022-11-06 11:00:00 +0000
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Last updated: Feb 26 '22