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Streamline Common Base Event logging

Reduce complexity and instrumentation code size

Paul Slauenwhite (paules@ca.ibm.com), Software Developer, IBM<reg></reg>
Paul Slauenwhite
Paul Slauenwhite is a Software Developer on the IBM Autonomic Computing Tools and Technologies project and contributes to the Eclipse Test and Performance Tool Platform (TPTP) open source project (formally Hyades). After receiving a B.Sc. degree in computer science from Dalhousie University, Paul joined IBM in 2000 and worked on the WebSphere Object Level Trace (OLT) project. In 2001, he joined the IBM WebSphere Studio Team, where he developed logging and tracing technologies. Paul moved to the Eclipse Hyades project at its inception in 2002, focusing on log and trace data, collection, and correlation. Paul is currently working on an M.Math degree in software engineering at the University of Waterloo.

Summary:  Common Base Event logging provides problem-determination data rich in activity and control-flow information that the Log and Trace Analyzer uses to accelerate problem determination and increase system serviceability and quality. This tutorial shows how to streamline Common Base Event logging instrumentation in the Java™ programming language to reduce complexity and instrumentation code size. You'll learn techniques and best practices that reduce maintenance requirements and let you increase customized, vendor-specific content.

Date:  03 Jan 2006
Level:  Intermediate
PDF:  A4 and Letter (139 KB | 30 pages)Get Adobe® Reader®

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  • The tutorial "Understand problem determination" (developerWorks, March 2004) describes the state of problem determination today, looks at available logging options, and shows how events can be recognized as part of larger situations.

  • For an article detailing and explaining the Autonomic Computing Toolkit, see "ABCs of the Autonomic Computing Toolkit" (developerWorks, November 2004).

  • The Common Base Event model specification and schema is provided in this Eclipse.org whitepaper: "Canonical Situation Data Format: The Common Base Event V1.0.1."

  • For an article detailing and explaining the Common Base Event model, see "Standardize messages with the Common Base Event model" (developerWorks, October 2004).

  • The W3C's XML Schema Web site provides resources for understanding the Common Base Event schema.

  • The Eclipse Test and Performance Tools Platform Project Web site, formally Hyades, provides the Common Base Event V1.0.1 Java implementation API JavaDoc documentation for understanding the Java implementation of the Common Base Event V1.0.1 model.

  • For a document detailing and explaining the Common Base Event factory in the Common Base Event V1.0.1 Java implementation, see "Common Base Event Factory Design" at the Eclipse Web site.

  • The Java Logging APIs in Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) V1.4.0 and above provide an integrated and extensible logging facility for the Java programming language.

  • "Common Base Event logging" (developerWorks, April 2005) shows how to instrument Common Base Event logging using the Java Logging APIs to provide a rich source of activity and control-flow information to accelerate problem determination and increase system serviceability and quality.

  • For illustrative examples of the Java implementation of the Common Base Event V1.0.1 model and Common Base Event logging, see File > New > Example... > Examples > Common Logging and File > New > Example... > Examples > Hyades Logging in the Autonomic Computing Toolkit.

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