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package org.apache.jmeter.gui;

import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Insets;

import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.ScrollPaneConstants;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;

import org.apache.jmeter.util.JMeterUtils;
import org.apache.jorphan.logging.LoggingManager;
import org.apache.log.LogEvent;
import org.apache.log.LogTarget;
import org.apache.log.format.PatternFormatter;

/**
 * Panel that shows log events
 */
public class LoggerPanel extends JPanel implements LogTarget {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 6911128494402594429L;

    private JTextArea textArea;

    private final PatternFormatter format;

    // Limit length of log content
    private static final int LOGGER_PANEL_MAX_LENGTH =
            JMeterUtils.getPropDefault("jmeter.loggerpanel.maxlength", 80000); // $NON-NLS-1$

    /**
     * Pane for display JMeter log file
     */
    public LoggerPanel() {
        init();
        format = new PatternFormatter(LoggingManager.DEFAULT_PATTERN + "\n"); // $NON-NLS-1$
    }

    private void init() {
        this.setLayout(new BorderLayout());

        // TEXTAREA
        textArea = new JTextArea();
        textArea.setEditable(false);
        textArea.setLineWrap(false);
        textArea.setMargin(new Insets(2, 2, 2, 2)); // space between borders and text
        JScrollPane areaScrollPane = new JScrollPane(textArea);

        areaScrollPane.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
        areaScrollPane.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(ScrollPaneConstants.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED);
        this.add(areaScrollPane, BorderLayout.CENTER); 
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see org.apache.log.LogTarget#processEvent(org.apache.log.LogEvent)
     */
    @Override
    public void processEvent(final LogEvent logEvent) {
        if(!GuiPackage.getInstance().getMenuItemLoggerPanel().getModel().isSelected()) {
            return;
        }
        
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                synchronized (textArea) {
                    textArea.append(format.format(logEvent));
                    int currentLength = textArea.getText().length();
                    // If LOGGER_PANEL_MAX_LENGTH is 0, it means all log events are kept
                    if(LOGGER_PANEL_MAX_LENGTH != 0 && currentLength> LOGGER_PANEL_MAX_LENGTH) {
                        textArea.setText(textArea.getText().substring(Math.max(0, currentLength-LOGGER_PANEL_MAX_LENGTH), 
                                currentLength));
                    }
                    textArea.setCaretPosition(textArea.getText().length());
                }
            }
        });
    }

    /**
     * Clear panel content
     */
    public void clear() {
        this.textArea.setText(""); // $NON-NLS-1$
    }
}
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+        textArea.setLanguage(%22text%22);%0A
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@@ -2354,16 +2354,20 @@
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