Returns a ColdFusion Logger object that the event gateway can use to log information in a file.
Event Gateway Development
coldfusion.eventgateway.Logger getLogger([String logfile])
Logger class, Logging events and using log files in Creating Custom Event Gateways in ColdFusion MX Developer's Guide
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logfile |
The name, without an extension, of a log file in the ColdFusion MX logs directory. ColdFusion MX automatically appends a .log extension to the name. If the file does not exist, ColdFusion MX creates it when it logs the first message. By default, ColdFusion logs to the eventgateway.log file. |
A ColdFusion MX logger object to use in
The Logger class has five methods: debug, info, warn, error, and fatal, that correspond to the severity level that is set in the log message. Each method takes a message string, a Throwable class object, or both.
If you pass a Throwable object to these methods, ColdFusion MX writes the exception information in the exceptions.log file.
The ColdFusion MX example DirectoryWatcherGateway includes the following line in the constructor to get a logger object:
// We create our own log file, which will be named "watcher.log"
logger = gatewayService.getLogger("watcher");
The following code, from the start of the routine that loads information from the configuration file, uses this object to log the initialization.
// Load the properties file to get our settings
protected void loadconfig() throws ServiceRuntimeException
{
// load config
logger.info("DirectoryWatcher (" + gatewayID + ") Initializing
DirectoryWatcher gateway with configuration file " + config);
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