Category properties

Table 3-14 describes the category settings.

Table 3-14: Logging category settings

Tab name / Setting name

Specifies

General / Description

An optional description.

Options / Level

The logging level. Only messages of equal or greater severity are logged. Table 3-15 describes the severity codes.

Options / Use Parent Handlers

Whether to log to the parent category handlers as well as the handler associated with this category.

Options / Parent

The parent category.

Options / Resource Bundle

The name of a Java resource bundle containing localized messages that are logged from Java code. If this property is not set, the default resource bundle is the class ResourceBundle in the package with the same name as the category. For example, the default resource bundle for the category com.sybase.jaguar.server is com.sybase.jaguar.server.ResourceBundle.

Handler

One or more logging handler names. The handler properties specify how and where messages are logged. See “Handler properties” for more information.

Table 3-15 lists the severity level codes. You can set the logging level in the category to discard messages below a specified severity level.

Table 3-15: EAS log subsystem error levels

Level

To log

ALL

All messages.

CONFIG

Configuration errors. You should correct these problems.

ERROR

Errors that prevent completion of a requested action. For example, a component has thrown an uncaught exception and its transaction is being rolled back.

FATAL

Errors that indicate the server should terminate.

DEBUG

Debug messages.

FINE

Debug messages.

FINER

Has same effect as FINE.

FINEST

Has same effect as FINE.

INFO

Informational or status messages. For example, the name server has finished binding components.

OFF

No messages are logged.

WARN

Warning messages. For example, a warning might be that the server is in a cluster and other members are not found.