Hi, At 09:48 8/6/00 -0400, Brill Pappin wrote: >Yes, I've seen it, but I tend to stay away from IBMs APIs if I can help >it... I just don't trust IBM with this stuff, after seeing some of the cool >but crappy (and often proprietary) stuff they have produced... not to >mention it all falls under their own lic. witch makes me nervous.
I recently required a log library and wasn't aware of log4j. Ironically the design is very very similar. Actually it is a cross between that and the Logging Api recently released at www.alphaworks.ibm.com. It's about 90% complete (for my needs at the moment) at the moment and I could clean it up and send it to you if you want. Any licensing deal is fine as I own the code ... just as long as it disclaims me from all liability :P. The only thing with my system is that it allows a lot of flexability. You can have log categories that output to multiple targets and can even be filtered by "FilterTargets". It is useful in application servers where you have to do multiple things when logging (ie log to file and also send mail to an admin on category FATAL log messages). It also allows different categories to be logged to different places (ie MY_SERVLET category to myServlet.log and YOUR_SERVLET category to yourServlet.log). Not yet sure if this is a good thing. I may end up removing the features to increase usability .. don't know. Email me if you want it :P. Cheers, Pete *------------------------------------------------------* | "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want | | to test a man's character, give him power." | | -Abraham Lincoln | *------------------------------------------------------*
