[![Dart CI](https://github.com/dart-lang/core/actions/workflows/logging.yaml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/dart-lang/core/actions/workflows/logging.yaml) [![Pub](https://img.shields.io/pub/v/logging.svg)](https://pub.dev/packages/logging) [![package publisher](https://img.shields.io/pub/publisher/logging.svg)](https://pub.dev/packages/logging/publisher) ## Initializing By default, the logging package does not do anything useful with the log messages. You must configure the logging level and add a handler for the log messages. Here is a simple logging configuration that logs all messages via `print`. ```dart Logger.root.level = Level.ALL; // defaults to Level.INFO Logger.root.onRecord.listen((record) { print('${record.level.name}: ${record.time}: ${record.message}'); }); ``` First, set the root `Level`. All messages at or above the current level are sent to the `onRecord` stream. Available levels are: + `Level.OFF` + `Level.SHOUT` + `Level.SEVERE` + `Level.WARNING` + `Level.INFO` + `Level.CONFIG` + `Level.FINE` + `Level.FINER` + `Level.FINEST` Then, listen on the `onRecord` stream for `LogRecord` events. The `LogRecord` class has various properties for the message, error, logger name, and more. To listen for changed level notifications use: ```dart Logger.root.onLevelChanged.listen((level) { print('The new log level is $level'); }); ``` ## Logging messages Create a `Logger` with a unique name to easily identify the source of the log messages. ```dart final log = Logger('MyClassName'); ``` Here is an example of logging a debug message and an error: ```dart var future = doSomethingAsync().then((result) { log.fine('Got the result: $result'); processResult(result); }).catchError((e, stackTrace) => log.severe('Oh noes!', e, stackTrace)); ``` When logging more complex messages, you can pass a closure instead that will be evaluated only if the message is actually logged: ```dart log.fine(() => [1, 2, 3, 4, 5].map((e) => e * 4).join("-")); ``` Available logging methods are: + `log.shout(logged_content);` + `log.severe(logged_content);` + `log.warning(logged_content);` + `log.info(logged_content);` + `log.config(logged_content);` + `log.fine(logged_content);` + `log.finer(logged_content);` + `log.finest(logged_content);` ## Configuration Loggers can be individually configured and listened to. When an individual logger has no specific configuration, it uses the configuration and any listeners found at `Logger.root`. To begin, set the global boolean `hierarchicalLoggingEnabled` to `true`. Then, create unique loggers and configure their `level` attributes and assign any listeners to their `onRecord` streams. ```dart hierarchicalLoggingEnabled = true; Logger.root.level = Level.WARNING; Logger.root.onRecord.listen((record) { print('[ROOT][WARNING+] ${record.message}'); }); final log1 = Logger('FINE+'); log1.level = Level.FINE; log1.onRecord.listen((record) { print('[LOG1][FINE+] ${record.message}'); }); // log2 inherits LEVEL value of WARNING from `Logger.root` final log2 = Logger('WARNING+'); log2.onRecord.listen((record) { print('[LOG2][WARNING+] ${record.message}'); }); // Will NOT print because FINER is too low level for `Logger.root`. log1.finer('LOG_01 FINER (X)'); // Will print twice ([LOG1] & [ROOT]) log1.fine('LOG_01 FINE (√√)'); // Will print ONCE because `log1` only uses root listener. log1.warning('LOG_01 WARNING (√)'); // Will never print because FINE is too low level. log2.fine('LOG_02 FINE (X)'); // Will print twice ([LOG2] & [ROOT]) because warning is sufficient for all // loggers' levels. log2.warning('LOG_02 WARNING (√√)'); // Will never print because `info` is filtered by `Logger.root.level` of // `Level.WARNING`. log2.info('INFO (X)'); ``` Results in: ``` [LOG1][FINE+] LOG_01 FINE (√√) [ROOT][WARNING+] LOG_01 FINE (√√) [LOG1][FINE+] LOG_01 WARNING (√) [ROOT][WARNING+] LOG_01 WARNING (√) [LOG2][WARNING+] LOG_02 WARNING (√√) [ROOT][WARNING+] LOG_02 WARNING (√√) ```