Exception Logging in Java: Explanation & Practice

Problem summary

Catch exceptions and log them with timestamp, type, and message.

Starter code

import java.time.LocalDateTime;
import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Simulate exception
        // Log with timestamp, type, message
    }
}

Expected output and test cases

• Logged exception

  [2024-01-15 10:30:00] ArithmeticException: / by zero

• NPE logged

  [2024-01-15 10:30:00] NullPointerException: null

• No exception

  No errors

Hints

1. Get exception class with getClass().getSimpleName()
2. getMessage() for error message
3. Format timestamp appropriately

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