Does exists Eclipse plugin for log files? - eclipse

Question

I have check very long logs after each start of Tomcat (from Eclipse).
Does exist a plugin or editor that I can use inside Eclipse? At least it must have colored for errors, debug and info messages.
Thanks.

Answer 1

I would recommend using Log4j:
http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Log4j
It works great with eclipse and has the color scheme built in. It's highly customizable, takes some time to figure out but it's worth it.

Answer 2

The code to do this is rather simple, aside from syntax coloring. Just start a plugin project, add dependancies for org.eclipse.ui.console and do something like this:
public void log() {
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("path of log file"));
String line = null;
while (br.nextLine ) {
line = br.readLine();
if (line == null) {
Thread.sleep(1000);
}
else {
MessageConsole console = findConsole("tomcat log");
MessageConsoleStream stream = console.newMessageStream();
stream.println(message);
}
}
}
private MessageConsole findConsole(String name) {
ConsolePlugin plugin = ConsolePlugin.getDefault();
IConsoleManager conMan = plugin.getConsoleManager();
IConsole[] existing = conMan.getConsoles();
for (IConsole element : existing)
if (name.equals(element.getName()))
return (MessageConsole) element;
// no console found, so create a new one
MessageConsole myConsole = new MessageConsole(name, null);
conMan.addConsoles(new IConsole[] { myConsole });
return myConsole;
}