Table of contents Introduction Contribution Guide Release History What's New With 7.2.0 What's New With 7.1.0 What's New With 7.0.0 Upgrading to LogBox 7 About This Book Author Getting Started Features at a Glance Installation LogBox Refcard Need For Logging How Does LogBox Work? LogBox Appender Logger Logger Category Inheritance Security Levels Dynamic Appenders Layout Configuration Configuring LogBox LogBox DSL Adding Appenders Adding Categories to Specific Logging Levels Adding Categories Granularly Configuring The Root Logger Usage Using LogBox Using a Logger Object When To Log ExtraInfo Serialization Appender Properties CFAppender ConsoleAppender DBAppender EmailAppender FileAppender RollingFileAppender ScopeAppender SocketAppender TraceAppender LogBox in a ColdBox Application Configuration Within ColdBox Benefits of using LogBox in a ColdBox application Where is LogBox stored in a ColdBox app? LogBox from the ColdBox Proxy The LogBox Injection DSL Extending LogBox Creating Custom Appenders Helper Methods Instance Members Dealing With Custom Layouts Registering Appenders at Runtime Creating a Custom Layout Instance Members