Logging API for AS3

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quick question, I've been looking for a simple logging tool for AS3 projects (I do not want any Flex dependencies) and my impression so far has been that there is no actively developed project.

What I need is basic logging, and adapters to allow me to send logging to file (using AIR and a LocalConnection maybe) and maybe send to html div etc.

Anyone have any opinions on a simple, light weight project?

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 05 '09 at 13:08

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We have recently started a project called AS3Commons that contains an early implementation of an AS3 Logging framework. We're aiming to provide a Logging abstraction API that allows you to plug in adapters for other logging frameworks. We also have a built-in logger that logs using trace.

It's usage is similar to other logging frameworks.

private static var logger:ILogger = LoggerFactory.getLogger("com.domain.Class");

Check it at http://code.google.com/p/as3-commons/

Any feedback is appreciated.

answered Mar 05 '09 at 13:08

Christophe Herreman

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Thanks Christophe, I'm already using your reflection API, and I'm quite happy with that. I'll give the commons a look ;) – BefittingTheorem Mar 05 '09 at 13:12
Good to hear that. We are actually moving the AS3Reflect project to AS3Commons Reflect. It's already in the repository. – Christophe Herreman Mar 05 '09 at 13:15
Ah ok good stuff, just about to check out the repo. I'll see if I can contribute anything to the project. – BefittingTheorem Mar 05 '09 at 13:24
Seems to be some trouble with the maven build. Trouble with flex-mojos download, I'll try a build again later. – BefittingTheorem Mar 05 '09 at 13:57
Bummer. You can get a snapshot from http://dev.yoolab.org/maven/repo/snapshots/org/as3commons/ – Christophe Herreman Mar 05 '09 at 14:20
Thanks ;), I'll try the maven build later, seems like the flex-mojos URL is invalid right now http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/info/flex-mojos/flex-compiler-mojo/2.0.1/flex-compiler-mojo-2.0.1.pom. Looks like it has actually been removed from the info folder. – BefittingTheorem Mar 05 '09 at 14:23
Thanks this helped. But where do you find the resulting log files? – wrahool Oct 03 '13 at 06:33

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 17 '09 at 15:21

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This is the best as3 logger by far!!!!

http://arthropod.stopp.se/

answered Aug 17 '09 at 15:21

This is brilliant. It took me seconds to get to grips with it. +1 – Glycerine Jun 24 '11 at 23:20
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Arthropod has gone offline. Anyone knows where to find it? Is it still relevant? – Stephan Kristyn Oct 19 '13 at 10:53
I was able to find a download here: http://arthropod.software.informer.com/ Still useful for my day job. – vazor Oct 07 '14 at 21:35

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 06 '09 at 01:26

There is a standard Logging API in AS3. You can set it up to log to different targets. For instance, if you're using AIR, you could get it to log to a file using the FileTarget in as3corelib.

Setting up:

var logFile:File = File.applicationStorageDirectory.resolvePath("logs/logfile.log");
var logTarget:FileTarget = new FileTarget(logFile);
logTarget.filters = ["path.to.Class"];
logTarget.level = LogEventLevel.ALL;
logTarget.includeDate = true;
logTarget.includeTime = true;
logTarget.includeCategory = true;
logTarget.includeLevel = true;
Log.addTarget(logTarget);

Logging:

var log:ILogger = Log.getLogger("path.to.Class");
log.info("testing the logging...");

Thanks Rhy but the ILogger interface and Log class are defined within the framework.swc, which is the Flex framework. I'm looking for a logging solution without having to depends on Flex. The mojority of my projects to not need Flex. — BefittingTheorem, Mar 06 '09 at 10:37

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 06 '09 at 01:13

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I'm always surprised at the number of people who haven't heard of Arthropod. It does everything you described and more. Including password encrypted connections. Arthropod is also set up in a way that it is very easy to make quick edits to the class for your specific needs.

answered Mar 06 '09 at 01:13

Jonathan Dumaine

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Arthropod is good for straight traces. For a great, fully featured, remote debugger, check out DeMonster Debugger: http://demonsterdebugger.com – cleverbit Oct 31 '11 at 11:12

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 14 '12 at 12:24

I found the best solution for me is combining as3commons-logging with Arthropod, like so:

LOGGER_FACTORY.setup = new SimpleTargetSetup(mergeTargets(new TraceTarget(), new ArthropodTarget()));

Then, if you have a client who is having issues but can't tail the flashlog, they can just fire up Arhtropod. Awesome!

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Apr 13 '09 at 18:13

I've got a Flash-friendly logging project going. It's nothing big (yet?) but it's light and handy. It does (optionally) take advantage of Arthropod (a great project) but you can pretty easily shoot the output anywhere you like. It works similarly to the Flex framework so if you are familiar with that then the transition would be painless.

You can read about the project and download the goods here.

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Feb 07 '12 at 14:34

MonsterDebugger has more options than it sounds like you're looking for. But it is small and has some very handy features. Including instance inspection, editing properties, calling methods remotely from the air console, and browsing/editing the display tree.

http://monsterdebugger.com/

They made a game so you could learn the debugger, its great.

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