11.6. Log profiles

eProsima Fast DDS allows for registering and configuring Log consumers using XML configuration files. Please refer to Logging for more information on Fast DDS extensible Logging built-in module. The logging profiles are defined within the <log> XML tags. The <log> element has two child elements: <use_default> and <consumer>. These are described in the following table.

Name	Description	Values	Default
<use_default>	If set to FALSE, a call to Log::ClearConsumers() is performed. See Register Consumers.	bool	true
<consumer>	Defines the class and configuration of the consumer to be registered. Multiple consumers can be registered this way. See Consumers.	ConsumerDataType

The following constitutes an example of an XML configuration file that sets the Log to use one StdoutConsumer, one StdoutErrConsumer, and one FileConsumer:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<dds>
    <log>
        <!--
        Clear consumers
        -->
        <use_default>FALSE</use_default>

        <!--
        StdoutConsumer does not have any properties
        -->
        <consumer>
            <class>StdoutConsumer</class>
        </consumer>

        <!--
        StdoutErrConsumer with threshold set to Log::Kind::Error
        -->
        <consumer>
            <class>StdoutErrConsumer</class>
            <property>
                <name>stderr_threshold</name>
                <value>Log::Kind::Error</value>
            </property>
        </consumer>

        <!--
        FileConsumer openning "execution.log" in append mode
        -->
        <consumer>
            <class>FileConsumer</class>
            <property>
                <name>filename</name>
                <value>execution.log</value>
            </property>
            <property>
                <name>append</name>
                <value>TRUE</value>
            </property>
        </consumer>
    </log>
</dds>

11.6.1. ConsumerDataType

Name	Description	Values
<class>	The class of the consumer.	StdoutConsumer
		StdoutErrConsumer
		FileConsumer
<property>	This element is used to configure the log consumer and only applies if <class> is set to StdoutErrConsumer or FileConsumer.	PropertyType

11.6.2. PropertyType

Name	Description	Values	Default
<name>	Name of the property to be configured.	filename
		append
		stderr_threshold
<value>	The value of the property.
	If <name> is set to filename, then this element contains the name of the log file. This property only applies if <class> is set to FileConsumer	string	output.log
	If <name> is set to append, then this element defines whether the consumer should, upon creation, open the file for appending or overriding. This property only applies if <class> is set to FileConsumer	Boolean	false
	If <name> is set to stderr_threshold, then this element defines the threshold used by the Log consumers. This property only applies if <class> is set to StdoutErrConsumer	Log::Kind	Log::Kind::Warning