{"id":24821,"date":"2024-03-16T03:54:33","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T03:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-customize-logging-content-in-log4j\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T04:40:31","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T04:40:31","slug":"how-to-customize-logging-content-in-log4j","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-customize-logging-content-in-log4j\/","title":{"rendered":"How to customize logging content in log4j?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To customize the content of Log4j logs, you can utilize the Layout component of Log4j.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Create a custom Layout class that inherits from the Log4j Layout interface, eg:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> org.apache.log4j.Layout;\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent;\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">class<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title class_\">CustomLayout<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">extends<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title class_\">Layout<\/span> {\r\n  \r\n  <span class=\"hljs-meta\">@Override<\/span>\r\n  <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> String <span class=\"hljs-title function_\">format<\/span><span class=\"hljs-params\">(LoggingEvent event)<\/span> {\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/ \u81ea\u5b9a\u4e49\u65e5\u5fd7\u683c\u5f0f<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">return<\/span> event.getLevel() + <span class=\"hljs-string\">\" - \"<\/span> + event.getMessage();\r\n  }\r\n\r\n  <span class=\"hljs-meta\">@Override<\/span>\r\n  <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-type\">boolean<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title function_\">ignoresThrowable<\/span><span class=\"hljs-params\">()<\/span> {\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">return<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-literal\">false<\/span>;\r\n  }\r\n\r\n  <span class=\"hljs-meta\">@Override<\/span>\r\n  <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">void<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title function_\">activateOptions<\/span><span class=\"hljs-params\">()<\/span> {\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/ \u53ef\u9009\u7684\uff0c\u53ef\u4ee5\u5728\u8fd9\u91cc\u8fdb\u884c\u4e00\u4e9b\u521d\u59cb\u5316\u64cd\u4f5c<\/span>\r\n  }\r\n  \r\n  <span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/ \u5176\u4ed6\u81ea\u5b9a\u4e49\u65b9\u6cd5...<\/span>\r\n  \r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<ol>\n<li>Specify your custom Layout class in the Log4j configuration file (usually log4j.properties or log4j.xml). 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