JAVACLASS (?:[a-zA-Z$_][a-zA-Z$_0-9]*\.)*[a-zA-Z$_][a-zA-Z$_0-9]* #Space is an allowed character to match special cases like 'Native Method' or 'Unknown Source' JAVAFILE (?:[A-Za-z0-9_. -]+) #Allow special method JAVAMETHOD (?:()|[a-zA-Z$_][a-zA-Z$_0-9]*) #Line number is optional in special cases 'Native method' or 'Unknown source' JAVASTACKTRACEPART %{SPACE}at %{JAVACLASS:class}\.%{JAVAMETHOD:method}\(%{JAVAFILE:file}(?::%{NUMBER:line})?\) # Java Logs JAVATHREAD (?:[A-Z]{2}-Processor[\d]+) ##JAVACLASS (?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]+\.)+[A-Za-z0-9$]+ ##JAVAFILE (?:[A-Za-z0-9_.-]+) ##JAVASTACKTRACEPART at %{JAVACLASS:class}\.%{WORD:method}\(%{JAVAFILE:file}:%{NUMBER:line}\) JAVALOGMESSAGE (.*) # MMM dd, yyyy HH:mm:ss eg: Jan 9, 2014 7:13:13 AM CATALINA_DATESTAMP %{MONTH} %{MONTHDAY}, 20%{YEAR} %{HOUR}:?%{MINUTE}(?::?%{SECOND}) (?:AM|PM) # yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss,SSS ZZZ eg: 2014-01-09 17:32:25,527 -0800 TOMCAT_DATESTAMP 20%{YEAR}-%{MONTHNUM}-%{MONTHDAY} %{HOUR}:?%{MINUTE}(?::?%{SECOND}) %{ISO8601_TIMEZONE} CATALINALOG %{CATALINA_DATESTAMP:timestamp} %{JAVACLASS:class} %{JAVALOGMESSAGE:logmessage} # 2014-01-09 20:03:28,269 -0800 | ERROR | com.example.service.ExampleService - something compeletely unexpected happened... TOMCATLOG %{TOMCAT_DATESTAMP:timestamp} \| %{LOGLEVEL:level} \| %{JAVACLASS:class} - %{JAVALOGMESSAGE:logmessage}