From 21de3fba3cd5348c6c0d63f424dcd3ca650a92b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andy Wilkinson <wilkinsona@vmware.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2023 12:21:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Describe quirks of JUL and Log4j2 in OutputCaptureExtension
 javadoc

Closes gh-32562
---
 .../test/system/OutputCaptureExtension.java   | 24 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/test/system/OutputCaptureExtension.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/test/system/OutputCaptureExtension.java
index f3f9584832b..a2159fe2302 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/test/system/OutputCaptureExtension.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/test/system/OutputCaptureExtension.java
@@ -56,6 +56,30 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ParameterResolver;
  *     }
  *
  * }
+ * </pre>
+ * <p>
+ * To ensure that their output can be captured, Java Util Logging (JUL) and Log4j2 require
+ * additional configuration.
+ * <p>
+ * To reliably capture output from Java Util Logging, reset its configuration after each
+ * test:
+ *
+ * <pre class="code">
+ * &#064;AfterEach
+ * void reset() throws Exception {
+ *     LogManager.getLogManager().readConfiguration();
+ * }
+ * </pre>
+ * <p>
+ * To reliably capture output from Log4j2, set the <code>follow</code> attribute of the
+ * console appender to <code>true</code>:
+ *
+ * <pre class="code">
+ * &lt;Appenders&gt;
+ *     &lt;Console name="Console" target="SYSTEM_OUT" follow="true"&gt;
+ *         ...
+ *     &lt;/Console&gt;
+*  &lt;/Appenders&gt;
  * </pre>
  *
  * @author Madhura Bhave