Actually, I was proposign the removal of the avalon logging mechanism completely.
-- Robert "Carsten Ziegeler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > The Avalon Logging can be changed to use Log4J. Currently the usage of the > LogKit > is hard-coded in Cocoon. I added the possibility to configure which logging > framework you want to use to the avalon core, but never had time to test it. > If this is working, only minor changes have to be made to Cocoon (changing > three > or four lines of code) and you can use Log4j in Cocoon. > > Carsten > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Robert Simmons > > Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 11:32 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Porting Cocoon Logging to Log4j - Proposal and Discussion > > > > > > One of the major implementaiton complaints I have about Cocoon is its lack > > of Log4J logging functionality. Log4j, is without a doubt the best logging > > package for java. No other package can even hope to compare to > > it. If Cocoon > > was built to use Log4j instead of the avalon logging mechanism, it would > > gain an enormous amount of functionality that it lacks now. > > > > Personally, when working in a production environment, I dont want my log > > files to be put into direcroies in my web app. Id rather have > > them forwarded > > to a central log accumulation server or even sent out via JMS. > > Log4j allows > > this and many more configurations. Furthermore, it allows you to > > turn on and > > off logging on individual components with ease. Finally, Log4J is > > used in so > > many other products that it is a recognized standard logging > > mechanism that > > many organizations and even network engineers are quite familiar with. > > > > Therefore, I think Cocoon should migrate to Log4j. In order to contemplate > > this, its important that we discuss the complexities of it in the > > following > > quesitons. > > > > 1) Why has this not already been done? Is it a question of a lack of > > manpower or expertise? If so then I as well as others would most likely be > > happy to volunteer time to accomplish it. > > > > 2) How difficult is it to rip out the avalon logging from the cocoon core > > components? Im no avalon expert so I couldnt answer this myself. > > > > 3) Is there standard expressions that can be used for locatting logging > > lines in cocoon? > > > > 4) Do we upgrade some of the blocks or leave them as is and only upgrade > > core cocoon? > > > > I would be interested in comments and opinions. > > > > -- Robert > > > > > > > >
