Manual Tests logs are not written to file

[Desrever Nu]

For an example, take TestWrappers :

Despite setting the global variable at the beginning of the test

 //Set the logging directory
        Global.sessionLogFolders = Utils.generateLogPath(TestWrappers.class.getSimpleName());

which generates the ouput

09:35:51.347 c.n.n.u.Utils 275 INFO  - Logging folder :  tests_TestWrappers_1427186151346/

I can't find the output of the test.

Would it be possible to save log files to the directory declared in Global.sessionLogFolders ?

[Benjamin Cordes]

with sth like this yes, but I'd prefer to leave this open for now: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16910955/programmatically-configure-logback-appender

with logback the usual pattern is that a general filter (the xml file) directs various loggers, defined in the classes. The classes should just have names, not paths.

[Benjamin Cordes]

see TestWrappers in static block. Test_logback.xml defines "<property scope="context" name="logfolder" value="testlogs" />"

this file is defined in Settings

[Desrever Nu]

• The folder should be under logs/
• The name of the folder should contain the name of the test
• At the end of the test I want to be able to print the path to the log file where the current session wrote into
• Do we need to create a different xml file for each manual test?
• I do not thing the xml belongs in /allconfig , I think it is a resource
• in Settings.java a comment explaining the variable is missing

If you want to postpone the changes above to a future iteration, then - restore the old logger that was giving us control over the filename without creating a new xml file - open a new ticket with details in a future version

[Benjamin Cordes]

I've implemented this using one of logback features called SiftingAppender. There is an example in TestLogging. Based on the configured testID a different file will be used. So there is only one xml file, which defines a pattern to be used.

MDC.put("testID", "TestExample");
LOG.info("<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<"); // this will use TestExample.log

MDC.put("testID", "TestABCXYZ"); // this will use TestABCXYZ.log
LOG.info("*****************");

needed definition at the thop

static {
        System.setProperty("logback.configurationFile", Settings.TEST_LOGXML);

    }

[Desrever Nu]

(resolved #380)

→ <<cset 38369f9942dd>>

[Desrever Nu]

Elegant solution and nice example in the Test.

I updated the example in TestLogging and all the manual tests now log to the folder logs/tests/ . Each file its composed by the name of the class and the timestamp of execution ( See InitTests.setLoggingFilename(Logger log) )