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How to log to neo4j.log in a Server Plugin

As part of the major changes in 3.0, the way to log to the user log, now neo4j.log (in server mode), has changed. To log within a Server Plugin follow these steps:

  1. Include these packages: 
import org.neo4j.logging.Log;
import org.neo4j.logging.LogService;
import org.neo4j.kernel.internal.GraphDatabaseAPI;

+ . In the method for the Server Plugin, you need the following code to use the logger:

@PluginTarget(GraphDatabaseService.class)
    public Iterable<String> getAllLabels(@Source GraphDatabaseService graphDb) {
        LogService logService = ((GraphDatabaseAPI)graphDb).getDependencyResolver().resolveDependency( LogService.class );
        Log log = logService.getUserLog( getClass() );

+ . Now log using the appropriate method for the log object:

log.info( "Hello world!" );
log.debug( "Hello debuggers!" );

We get a log that contains lines like this:

2016-12-05 17:33:21.223+0000 INFO  Hello world!
2016-12-05 17:33:21.345+0000 DEBUG  Hello debuggers!
  • Last Modified: 2020-10-15 08:05:54 UTC by Dave Gordon.
  • Relevant for Neo4j Versions: 3.0, 3.1.
  • Relevant keywords java api, logging, plugin.

Author

Dave Gordon

Applicable versions

3.0, 3.1

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