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Re: Does "org.apache.commons.logging.Log" use log4j.properties as well?

Tim Watts
Sun, 15 Aug 2010 10:09:22 -0700

Commons Logging is a wrapper around other logging facilities. If Log4J
is in the classpath it will "discover" it and use it. See
http://commons.apache.org/logging/


On Sun, 2010-08-15 at 03:47 -0700, BenXS wrote:
> I learned that I have to specify/import log4j in a java prgm as follows:
> 
> import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
> 
> However I found now a Java program where the logging is specified as
> follows:
> 
> import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
> import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
> 
> Surprisingly this commons logger pays attention to all log4j declarations
> in log4j.properties as well.
> 
> Is this intended? 
> 
> What is the difference between the two different "imports"?
> 
> Ben

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