fatal

Description

Writes a log entry with a fatal severity to the ColdFusion logger. The entry includes the severity, thread ID, date, time, and a text message.

Category

Event Gateway Development

Syntax

fatal(String message) 
fatal(Throwable th) 
fatal(String message, Throwable th)

See also

debug, error, info, warn, getLogger, Logging events and using log files in the Developing ColdFusion Applications

Parameters

Parameter

Description

message

The message to include in the log entry.

th

A throwable object, normally an exception. ColdFusion logs the exception information in the exception.log file in the ColdFusion logs directory.

Usage

Use this method to send a fatal error message to the ColdFusion logging subsystem. ColdFusion writes message with a severity of “fatal” to the log file specified in the getLogger method that returned the Logger instance (or the default log file).