How can I change the message format of WebUI.comment("msg")? + logging into FILE

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I have made a demo project on Github:

Solution

Manually editting logback.xml file is not a good idea. I should modify logback LoggerFactory object runtime. I should be able to do it using Groovy’s metaprogramming feature.

Description

I made a custom keyword com.kazurayam.ksbackyard.CustomLoggerFactory. I would not explain this code much. It performs a surgery for LogBack LoggerFactory object using Groovy’s ExpandoMetaClass.

I made a test case CustomizeLogger4CommentKeywordDemo, that is:

import com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.WebUiBuiltInKeywords as WebUI

// make a patch to the Logback LoggerFactory object runtime
CustomKeywords.'com.kazurayam.ksbackyard.CustomLoggerFactory.customizeLogger4CommentKeyword'()

def arg0 = 2
def arg1 = 3
def result = arg0 + arg1
WebUI.comment("arg0 + arg1 = ${result}")

When I ran the test case, in the Console I see the following messages:

2019-01-11 14:31:12.826 INFO c.k.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor   - --------------------
2019-01-11 14:31:12.826 INFO c.k.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor   - START Test Cases/CustomizeLogger4CommentKeywordDemo
2019-01-11 14:31:13.579 INFO k.k.c.m.CustomKeywordDelegatingMetaClass - com.kazurayam.ksbackyard.CustomLoggerFactory.customizeLogger4CommentKeyword is PASSED
arg0 + arg1 = 5
2019-01-11 14:31:13.774 INFO c.k.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor   - END Test Cases/CustomizeLogger4CommentKeywordDemo

I like this plain output:

arg0 + arg1 = 5

I have got a success.

How to reuse it for you

You can copy the keyword com.kazurayam.ksbackyard.CustomLoggerFactory
and paste it into your Katalon Studio project.

And in your test case, call CustomKeywords.'com.kazurayam.ksbackyard.CustomLoggerFactory.customizeLogger4CommentKeyword'().

Then WebUI.comment() will become brief to the point.

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