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application server might find it useful to use Java logging for generating their application logging. This approach has advantages over simply adding .println statements to your code." />
Add tracing and logging to the applications
* For more detailed information on enabling traces by using scripting, see the Troubleshooting with scripting chapter in the Administer applications and their environment PDF book.
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Java logging API are insufficient to describe the event that needs to be captured, Common Base Events can be created using the Common Base Event factory APIs. " />
Create Common Base Events
Debug WebSphere applications during development
administrative console page to identify and view problems that exist in the current configuration." />
Detect product configuration file problems
application servers, clients, and other processes in the environment." />
Set traces and logs with the console
application servers, clients, and other processes in the environment." />
Set traces and logs with scripting*
Java logging API, or can be created implicitly by using the Java logging API directly. For Common Base Event creation, the application server environment provides a Common Base Event factory with a Content Handler that provides both runtime data and template data for Common Base Events." />
Use Common Base Events for logging
High Performance Extensible Logging (HPEL) to help diagnose problems in WAS" />
Use HPEL to troubleshoot applications
java.util.logging package. Java logging provides a standard logging API for the applications." />
Use JSR47 for logging
administrative console, you can enable or disable a particular log, specify where log files are stored and how many log files are kept, and specify a format for log output. We can also set a log level for each logger." />
Use JSR47 for logging: Configuring access logs