----- Original Message ----- From: "Geir Magnusson Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jakarta Commons Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 1:41 PM Subject: Re: [logging] Need interface...
> On 4/3/02 2:32 PM, "Berin Loritsch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Craig R. McClanahan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >> > >> > >> On Wed, 3 Apr 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> The current model used in log4j, jdk1.4, etc is pull - you > >> request a > >>> logger by name. Same thing for jdbc connections, resources, etc. > >>> > >> > >> In fact, there's an important philosophical issue about > >> logging here as well -- who gets to choose the name of the > >> logger (and therefore the log level)? > > > > In IoC based apps, the container. period. That is what IoC > > is all about. The container (or manager) makes all the decisions > > about the component. > > And that's not what seems to be the philosophy of commons logging. The > component gets to choose, or that is how it appears. > > This is teaching me not to jump to conclusions :) > I'm a little wary of adding an interface to commons-logging that _should never be used_ inside of any other Commons component. If that interface started popping up in our other components, that would be very bad, as it would then imply/require that component to be used inside of an IoC framework. - Morgan _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
