print custom log message during an automated test

[jaymiller455]

Thank you for your awesome plugin, but I am stuck and new at this. How can I see custom log messages I print during an automated test? Sometimes we need to know specific variable values at different moments of an automated test. I enabled as many settings in gradle-test-logger-plugin as I knew how (version 3.0.0). I even tried adding a log4j2.yaml file to the project as a last ditch effort for org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager and org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger.

Currently, in our Kotlin/Java project within Intellij IDE, I can see log output in the console using something like:

import org.apache.log4j.LogManager

private val logger = Logger.getLogger(this::class.java.simpleName)
logger.info("log message to show during my automated test")

But when I view the logs on Bamboo, those "logger.info" strings are never printed, only your PASS / FAIL lines. I'm okay with it printed after a test passes or fails, since your plugin formats/prints output after gradle finishes a test. Do you have any suggestions? Thank you in advance. The testlogger settings I am using are:

testlogger {
    theme 'standard-parallel'
    showExceptions true
    showStackTraces true
    showFullStackTraces true
    showCauses true
    slowThreshold 2000
    showSummary true
    showSimpleNames false
    showPassed true
    showSkipped true
    showFailed true
    showStandardStreams true
    showPassedStandardStreams true
    showSkippedStandardStreams true
    showFailedStandardStreams true
    logLevel 'lifecycle'
}

Gradle Version: 6.8.3

[radarsh]

The showStandardStreams should do the trick. If that's not working for you, I'd start comparing with what you get with Gradle without this plug-in applied.

[jaymiller455]

Thank you, your guidance of checking gradle instead of the plugin helped me get closer. I was using

import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;

but actually needed to be using

import java.util.logging.Level
import java.util.logging.Logger
import java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger

private val logger: Logger = getLogger(this::class.java.simpleName)

logger.info("This shows in the logs")
logger.log(Level.INFO, "This also shows in the logs")

Related question -- in version 3.0.0 is says "Implemented enhancements: Display start of the test #165"...was that feature added / how to use it?

[radarsh]

@jaymiller455 Unfortunately no. I should probably tweak the changelog generator I use to not mark issues that were closed without resolution as "Implemented enhancements". Anyway, see related comment:

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