The JDK Logging Adapter is a custom implementation of java.util.logging.LogManager
that uses Log4j. This adapter can
be used with either the Log4j API or Log4j Core. When used with the API,
there are a couple features of JUL that aren’t supported. However, this
does allow any other Log4j Provider besides the Core provider to be used
with JUL.
The JDK Logging Adapter is dependent on the Log4j API and optionally Log4j Core. For more information, see Runtime Dependencies.
To use the JDK Logging Adapter, you must set the system property
java.util.logging.manager
to org.apache.logging.log4j.jul.LogManager
This must be done either through the command line (i.e., using the
-Djava.util.logging.manager=org.apache.logging.log4j.jul.LogManager
argument) or by using System.setProperty()
before any calls
are made to LogManager
or Logger
.
The use of a java.util.logging.Filter
is supported on a per-Logger
basis. However, it is recommended to use the standard Filters feature in Log4j instead.
The use of java.util.logging.Handler
classes is NOT supported. Custom Handlers should instead use an
appropriate Appender or code
their own Appender
plugin.
Java logging levels are translated into Log4j logging levels
dynamically. The following table lists the conversions between a Java
logging level and its equivalent Log4j level. Custom levels should be
implemented as an implementation of LevelConverter
,
and the Log4j property log4j.jul.levelConverter
must be set
to your custom class name. Using the default LevelConverter
implementation, custom logging levels are mapped to whatever the current
level of the Logger
being logged to is using.
Java Level | Log4j Level |
---|---|
OFF |
OFF |
SEVERE |
ERROR |
WARNING |
WARN |
INFO |
INFO |
CONFIG |
CONFIG |
FINE |
DEBUG |
FINER |
TRACE |
FINEST |
FINEST |
ALL |
ALL |