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Apache BeanUtils.copyProperties is spilling too much log


How can I switch off logging for BeanUtils.copyProperties ? It creates way too much logs and hampers the log file readability. Thanks heaps..

Sample code

BeanUtils.copyProperties(someDataobject,someActionForm);

In the log I see hunders of lines like below

EBUG org.apache.commons.beanutils.PropertyUtils - setSimpleProperty:
Invoking method public void someMethod(java.lang.String) with value null (class )
2010-03-23 18:53:23,134 DEBUG org.apache.commons.beanutils.BeanUtils - copyProperty(someActionForm@13e38a7, someValue, )


Solution

  • Typically you can configure the logging level of each class individually. This depends a bit on which logging framework you are using but adding something like the following to your logging configuration file:

    org.apache.commons.beanutils.PropertyUtils.level=SEVERE
    

    Should restrict the logger in that class to only output SEVERE logging statements.

    You can also silence the entire package with

    org.apache.commons.beanutils.level=SEVERE
    

    If you want more details, you'll have to provide more context.