Formatting the server's log file

Question

Hello,
I'm using WebLogic 10.3, and am looking for a way to format the log records in my server's log file. Currently the records have the default format, e.g:
+####<Sept 22, 2004 10:46:51 AM EST> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <MyComputer> <examplesServer> <main> <<WLS Kernel>> <> <null> <1080575211904> <BEA-000360> <Server started in RUNNING mode>+
There's a lot of information there that I don't need, or don't always need, and I would like to be able to define what I see there. I've been looking in the documentation (here), but haven't found anything useful.
Is there a way to do that?
Thanks in advance,
Amnon Grossman
ECI Telecom

Answer 1

It is possible to do so using java.util.logging APIs.
// You can get a reference to the Server Logger like this:
java.util.logging.Logger logger = weblogic.logging.LoggingHelper.getServerLogger();
// Once you get hold of the file handler, you can set your own custom formatter.
Handler[] handlers = logger.getHandlers();
for(Handler handler : handlers) {
if (handler.getClass().getName().equals("weblogic.logging.FileStreamHandler")) {
handler.setFormatter(new MyCustomFormatter());
}