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Tracking Log Statements in Memory

The log appender called as the in-memory appender allows writing messages to the memory till an error message occurs. Once the error message occurs it is logged to the log file. The in-memory appender performs the following functions:

• Keeps track of all the log statements in the memory until an error occurs.
• Dumps the log statements in the error.log file from the memory.
• If no errors occur then the log statements or messages are discarded from the memory.

Note: The error.log is the default file name and you can rename it to a name of your choice.

The in-memory appender is implemented to log events under com.ca.usm package only. Using the in-memory appender improves the performance as the log statements are filtered at the appender level.

The following diagram explains the process of customizing the configuration file and updating the threshold parameter in the log4j.xml file.

More Information:

• Complete the Prerequisites
• Customize the Configuration File
• Update the Threshold Parameter in Default Console Appender
• Disable the In-Memory Appender