Description

Writes a log entry with a debugging severity to the ColdFusion logger. The entry includes the severity, thread ID, date, time, and a text message.

Category

Event Gateway Development

Syntax

debug(String message)
debug(Throwable th)
debug(String message, Throwable th)

See also

error, fatal, info, warn, getLogger, "Logging events and using log files" in the ColdFusion Developer's Guide

Parameters

Usage

Use this method to send a debugging message to the ColdFusion logging subsystem.

By default, ColdFusion does not write debugging messages to the log file. To have debug messages appear in the log file, change the priority entry in cf_root\lib\neo-logging.xml (in the server configuration) or cf_root/WEB-INF\cfusion\lib\neo-logging.xml (in the J2EE configuration. Change the following entry:

<var name='priority'>
    <string>information</string>
</var>

to the following:

<var name='priority'>
    <string>debug</string>
</var>

With debug priority, ColdFusion writes messages with a severity of "debug" to the log file specified in the getLogger method that returned the Logger instance (or the default log file).

Example

The ColdFusion instant messaging gateways use the following line to log information about incoming administrative messages or errors only when debugging priority is on.

// code to process incoming administrative messages or errors
logger.debug(gatewayType + "Gateway (" + gatewayID + ") admin message: " +
            msg.getMessage());