Performance-related log files
WEF provides a large number of log files to help you analyze and troubleshoot your application. Out of these files, the three most important files for performance-related matters are as follows:
Model Actions
Server Stats
Session Size
Model Actions log file
The Model Actions
log file is an excellent starting point to learn about performance aspects of your application. This file lists all the WEF actions that take place when the user interacts with your portlet. By analyzing this file you can extract important information about the time each action takes to execute. Such data should easily identify slow performing actions in any portlet. The analysis should be performed on individual portlets for each individual user interaction.
The Model Actions
log file is entitled modelActions.txt
. It is located in the WEB-INF\logs
directory of your WAR file. By default, the logging action to this file is disabled. To enable logging of actions and their respective times...