[Enterprise Extensions only]

Tracing Internationalization Service function

You can enable an application server to emit trace statements regarding Internationalization Service function by specifying the trace string to an application server's Trace Service.

To enable trace using an application server's Trace Service:

  1. In the WebSphere Advanced Administrative Console window, expand WebSphere administrative domain > Nodes > node > Application servers > application_server.

    The properties related to the selected application server are displayed in the right-hand pane.

    Note: node represents the node on which the application server is located and application_server represents the name of the application server for which you are enabling the trace.

  2. In the right-hand pane of the WebSphere Advanced Administrative Console window, select the Services tab.
  3. On the Services tab, select Trace services from the list of services.
  4. On the Trace services pop-up menu, click Edit Properties.

    The Trace Service dialog is displayed.

  5. Click Edit Properties.

    The Trace Service Properties dialog is displayed.

  6. In the Trace Specification box, enter the following as a continuous string (no spaces and no line breaks):
    com.ibm.ws.i18n.context.*=all=enabled:
      com.ibm.websphere.i18n.context.*=all=enabled:
      com.ibm.II18nContextImpl.*=all=enabled:
      com.ibm.II18nContextImpl.util.*=all=enabled
  7. Click OK.

    The Trace Service Properties dialog closes.

  8. Click Apply.

    The changes are applied.

    Notes:

    1. Clicking Apply enables the trace and makes the trace persistent across server shutdown and restart.
    2. Within this procedure, you can specify an output file to which to log application server trace messages, including those generated by the Internationalization Service.

Restart the application server. Messages tracing function of the Internationalization Service output to the file specified in the Trace Service Properties dialog.