Re: [aspectj-users] Logging Exceptions

["Kees de Kooter" <kdekooter@xxxxxxxxx>]

Very nice solution Matthew!

Could you also give us an example of the after advice for RuntimeExceptions?

thanx,
Kees de Kooter

On 3/15/06, Matthew Webster <matthew_webster@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> There have been a couple of questions on this subject. The most common
> approach is to use the point where an exception is caught:
>
> public aspect ErrorLogging {
>
>         private Logger logger = Logger.getAnonymousLogger();
>
>         before (Exception ex) : handler(Exception+) && args(ex) {
>         Signature sig =
> thisJoinPointStaticPart.getSignature();
>         logger.logp(Level.SEVERE,sig.getDeclaringType().getName(),
> sig.getName(), ex.toString());
>         }
> }
>
> This avoids getting a message for every method on the stack between where
> the exception is thrown and where it is caught. Sometimes the exception is
> not caught within your code and you would like to log it before control is
> returned to a caller. In this case using after throwing advice at the
> interface boundary is the best approach. This is usually the case for
> RuntimeExceptions.
>
> Matthew Webster
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>
> What is the best way to log Exceptions?
>
>  In code below, I show a simple program to test Logging Exceptions..
>
>  But in this example, will appear somethig like this in log>(Is this the
>  best way???? I think not.. but what is better?)
>  13/03/2006 15:48:17 Test coisa
>  SEVERE: java.lang.RuntimeException: bar
>  13/03/2006 15:48:17 Test foo
>  SEVERE: java.lang.RuntimeException: bar
>  13/03/2006 15:48:17 Test main
>  SEVERE: java.lang.RuntimeException: bar
>  Exception in thread "main" java.lang.Exception: bar
>     at Test.foo(Test.java:15)
>     at Test.main(Test.java:10)
>
>  Example:
>  I have this class:
>
>  public class Test {
>     public static void main(String s[]) throws Exception{
>           foo(new Test());
>     }
>
>     private static void foo(Test t) throws Exception{
>         throw new Exception("bar");
>     }
>  }
>
>  And I have this aspect:
>
>  import java.util.logging.*;
>  import org.aspectj.lang.*;
>
>  public privileged aspect TestAspect {
>     public static final Logger LOGGER =
>  Logger.getLogger(TestAspect.class.getName());
>
>     after() throwing (Exception ex): within(Test){
>         Signature sig =
> thisJoinPointStaticPart.getSignature();
>         LOGGER.logp(Level.SEVERE,
>  sig.getDeclaringType().getSimpleName(), sig.getName(), ex.toString());
>     }
>  }
>
>
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