{"id":26265,"date":"2024-03-16T06:26:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T06:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-log4j2-be-configured-to-determine-if-logging-is-output-asynchronously\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T08:09:58","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T08:09:58","slug":"how-can-log4j2-be-configured-to-determine-if-logging-is-output-asynchronously","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-log4j2-be-configured-to-determine-if-logging-is-output-asynchronously\/","title":{"rendered":"How can log4j2 be configured to determine if logging is output asynchronously?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By default, in log4j2, logs are output asynchronously. log4j2 employs async loggers to enhance performance.<\/p>\n<p>It is possible to change the way logs are output by configuring the file. You can check if the logs are being output asynchronously by the following method.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open the configuration file for log4j2, usually named log4j2.xml or log4j2.properties.<\/li>\n<li>Check for the following configuration items:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">AsyncLogger<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">name<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"org.example.SomeLogger\"<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">level<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"info\"<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">additivity<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"false\"<\/span>&gt;<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">AppenderRef<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">ref<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"SomeAppender\"<\/span>\/&gt;<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">AsyncLogger<\/span>&gt;<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Please note that AsyncLogger is used for logging asynchronously.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>If the above configuration items are included, it means that the logs are output asynchronously. 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