How to log api request and response xmls to a file in JAVA

1. Add these lines to your class Constructor :

String apiOutputFile="c:\\tmp\\api_output.txt";
String errorOutputFile="c:\\tmp\\api_error.txt";
try {
java.io.PrintStream output = new java.io.PrintStream(new java.io.BufferedOutputStream(new java.io.FileOutputStream(apiOutputFile)));
System.setOut(output);
java.io.PrintStream errors = new java.io.PrintStream(new java.io.BufferedOutputStream(new java.io.FileOutputStream(errorOutputFile)));
System.setErr(errors);
}catch(java.io.IOException ioe) {
//handle exception ...
}

2. Enable logging following the instructions in this KB article:

Enable logging for Java SDK
 

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