Java

Installing Airbrake in a Java application

Step 1: Install#

Install option 1: Maven#

Add the javabrake dependency through your IDE or directly to your pom.xml file:

<dependency>
  <groupId>io.airbrake</groupId>
  <artifactId>javabrake</artifactId>
  <version>0.1.3</version>
  <type>pom</type>
</dependency>

Install option 2: Gradle#

Add javabrake to your Gradle dependencies:

compile 'io.airbrake:javabrake:0.1.3'

Install option 3: Ivy#

Add javabrake to your Ivy dependencies:

<dependency org='io.airbrake' name='javabrake' rev='0.1.3'>
  <artifact name='javabrake' ext='pom'></artifact>
</dependency>

Step 2: Configuration#

Copy this configuration snippet into your Java app.

import io.airbrake.javabrake.Notifier;

int projectId = YOUR_PROJECT_ID;
String projectKey = "YOUR_PROJECT_API_KEY";
Notifier notifier = new Notifier(projectId, projectKey);

notifier.addFilter(
    (Notice notice) -> {
      notice.setContext("environment", "production");
      return notice;
    });

Example of reporting a caught exception:

try {
  do();
} catch (IOException e) {
  notifier.report(e);
}

Visit our official GitHub repo for advanced information and integrations like log4j, log4j2, and logback.