Accessing "trace()" function outside of extension

[clam61]

My extensions use some utility classes, and I want these utility classes to be able to log to the smartfoxserver.log as well.

How can I access the trace function or redirect my stdout to the log file?

[rjgtav]

Hello,

One option is to store a static instance of your extension's main class and then everytime you want to trace anything to the console, you retrieve that instance and call the appropriate method.
Another one is to directly access the logger, if I'm not mistaken, you can use the Logger.getLogger("SmartFoxServer") command for retrieving SFS's logger.

Cheers

[clam61]

is it from the java.util.logging package?

[rjgtav]

Hello,

Yes you can use that Logger. And retrieve the logger for SmartFoxServer's class "it.gotoandplay.smartfoxserver.SmartFoxServer".
But as this logger is more reserved to the server-side API, I'd really suggest to go the first way I explained on my previous post, by exposing an instance of your extension and then logging through it.

Cheers