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= outputters

*Tag:* outputters

[ivysettings.outputters]#Defines a list of report outputters usable in Ivy.#

A report outputter is used at the end of the resolve process to generate a report of how the resolve has been performed.

Two report outputters are registered by default:


    * a log report outputter (link:https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=ant-ivy.git;a=blob;f=src/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/report/LogReportOutputter.java[LogReportOutputter]) +
    which produces the output on the console at the end of the resolve, which looks like this:

[source,shell]
----

        ---------------------------------------------------------------------
        |                  |            modules            ||   artifacts   |
        |       conf       | number| search|dwnlded|evicted|| number|dwnlded|
        ---------------------------------------------------------------------
        |      default     |   1   |   1   |   0   |   0   ||   1   |   1   |
        ---------------------------------------------------------------------

----


    * an xml report outputter (link:https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=ant-ivy.git;a=blob;f=src/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/report/XmlReportOutputter.java[XmlReportOutputter]) +
    which produces an XML report in the cache, which is mandatory for correct Ivy behaviour, since it's that report which is used when you do a post resolve step in a separate build from the resolve itself. It's also this XML report which is processed to generate all the different reports available in the link:../use/report{outfilesuffix}[report] task.


The child tag used for the parser must be equal to a name of a report outputter type (added with the `typedef` tag).

To see how to define your own report outputter see link:../extend{outfilesuffix}[Extending Ivy documentation]


== Child elements


[options="header"]
|=======
|Element|Description|Cardinality
|any report outputter|adds a report outputter to the list of available ones|0..n
|=======
