Support Forums: Message List - SLF4J: Now you can do logging in Java... oh wait! http://www.theserverside.com Most recent forum messages en Jive Forums Silver 5.5.30 (www.jivesoftware.com) Tue, 21 May 2013 04:52:16 -0400 10 tips on logging in java http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=46698 This is just a great post indeed quite useful logging tips in java. In my opinion using correct logging level for different message is most important thing to learn and logging has important performance impact (ever found process running in DEBUG mode...]]> Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:15:44 -0400 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:29:39 -0400 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:15:44 -0400 Jun 29, 2011 javabuddy 0 Naive Implementation http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=46698 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:34:28 -0400 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:34:28 -0400 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:34:28 -0400 Sep 4, 2007 Aaron Evans 0 java.util.loggin == log4j-- http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=46698 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 17:10:13 -0400 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 17:10:13 -0400 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 17:10:13 -0400 Sep 1, 2007 Constance Eustace 0 Re: Hurrah for smarter programmers! http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=46698 I have a wrapper that does just this:

log.debug("Debug message {0}, {1}, {2}", arg1, arg2, arg3);

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First and foremost, log4j uses log(Object), not log(String). This does 2 important things.

First, it allows you to convert your object to a String only if/when you're actually going to log it as such. Yes, I know you can...]]> Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:21:35 -0400 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:21:35 -0400 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:21:35 -0400 Aug 30, 2007 Jess Holle 0 Re: SLF4J: Now you can do logging in Java... oh wait! http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=46698
java.util.logging sucks but not quite badly enough to justify dragging in a 3rd party library.


Yes because dragging in a 3rd party library is *SO* difficult.
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I don't see much value in building an abstraction over the logging framework. I'd like to see one person explain how doing this has been worth it.


Application sugar, portability, and itch scratching,...]]> Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:05:09 -0400 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:05:09 -0400 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:05:09 -0400 Aug 30, 2007 James Watson 0 Re: SLF4J: Now you can do logging in Java... oh wait! http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=46698 I don't see much value in building an abstraction over the logging framework. I'd like to see one person explain how doing this has been worth it....]]> Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:44:34 -0400 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:44:34 -0400 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:44:34 -0400 Aug 30, 2007 Will Hartung 1 Re: SLF4J: Now you can do logging in Java... oh wait! http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=46698 Then I could post my new logger on TSS for all the world to see.

But I'd be afraid people would takeover the thread to talk about their ideas on logging and how silly it was I tried to innovate in this space....]]> Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:45:09 -0400 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:45:09 -0400 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:45:09 -0400 Aug 30, 2007 James Watson 2 Re: SLF4J: Now you can do logging in Java... oh wait! http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=46698 I think these are great ideas, I just don't see why you couldn't implement them on top of Log4J....]]> Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:28:26 -0400 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:28:26 -0400 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:28:26 -0400 Aug 30, 2007 Bryant Harris 3 Re: SLF4J: Now you can do logging in Java... oh wait! http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=46698
I'm not aware of any standard representation of a transaction across all Java applications and libraries.


We just tied in in as a transaction resource and let JTA handle it....]]> Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:14:50 -0400 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:14:50 -0400 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:14:50 -0400 Aug 30, 2007 James Watson 5 Re: SLF4J: Now you can do logging in Java... oh wait! http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=46698 I'm not aware of any standard representation of a transaction across all Java applications and libraries....]]> Thu, 30 Aug 2007 03:29:57 -0400 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 03:29:57 -0400 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 03:29:57 -0400 Aug 30, 2007 Bryant Harris 6 Re: Hurrah for smarter programmers! http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=46698 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:13:16 -0400 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:13:16 -0400 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:13:16 -0400 Aug 29, 2007 Sunny Liu 0 Hurrah for smarter programmers! http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=46698 I have a wrapper that does just this:

log.debug("Debug message {0}, {1}, {2}", arg1, arg2, arg3);

Notable is a) j.u.l doesn't HAVE a "debug" level, b) this uses varargs, and c) no nasty Obj->String conversions happen if...]]> Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:01:59 -0400 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:01:59 -0400 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:01:59 -0400 Aug 29, 2007 Denis Baranov 2 Re: JDK 1.4 logging is flawed http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=46698 First and foremost, log4j uses log(Object), not log(String). This does 2 important things.

First, it allows you to convert your object to a String only if/when you're actually going to log it as such. Yes, I know you can add an...]]> Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:32:20 -0400 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:32:20 -0400 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:32:20 -0400 Aug 29, 2007 Will Hartung 4