Hi all, +1 for moving to SLF4J. See the following. [1] is the post from the creator of JCL, :).
[1] http://radio-weblogs.com/0122027/2003/08/15.html [2] http://v4forums.wordpress.com/2008/12/27/slf4j-vs-jcl-dynamic-binding-vs-static-binding/ [3] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3222895/why-is-commons-logging-believed-to-be-unpopular Thanks, Senaka. On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 6:32 AM, Afkham Azeez <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 11:39 PM, Kishanthan Thangarajah < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> With C5 logging framework (based on Pax Logging [1]), the log4j is used >> as the logging back-end. But the framework support number of logging API's >> and SLF4J is also one of that. This allows us to use any logging API in the >> components we develop with C5. >> >> IMO, its a matter of deciding which API to use and follow it as a best >> practice. I'm +1 on using SLF4J. >> > > Excellent! Let's start converting all the log statements to slf4j syntax. > > >> >> Thanks, >> Kishanthan. >> [1] https://ops4j1.jira.com/wiki/display/paxlogging/Pax+Logging >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 9:23 PM, Afkham Azeez <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> The most appealing feature to me is the parametrized log messages, and >>> there is no need to wrap statements in if(log.isDebugEnabled()), >>> isInfoEnabled() and so on. >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 9:21 PM, Afkham Azeez <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> http://glauche.de/2009/09/09/java-util-logging-vs-slf4j/ >>>> >>>> We should go with SLF4J >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 8:59 PM, Sagara Gunathunga <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I'm not quite sure whether we can really compare SLF4J with Log4J >>>>> where SLF4J is a logging API while Log4J is a logging implementation ( >>>>> Log4J can be used with SLF4J and most common SLF4J binding as well), >>>>> instead we should compare SLF4J API with Commons-Logging API. In my POV >>>>> recent versions of both SLF4J and Commons-Logging are more or less >>>>> similar. >>>>> I don't have any objection to use SLF4J but have we consider JUL ? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Please refer required dependencies for each option. >>>>> >>>>> - Commons-logging - Need 2 dependencies on runtime as >>>>> Commons-logging API and implementation ( e.g - SLF4J API, >>>>> Commons-logging-LOG4J bridge) >>>>> - SLF4J - Need 3 dependencies on run time as SLF4J >>>>> API, SLF4J-X binding, X logging framework ( e.g - SLF4J API, >>>>> SLF4J-LOG4J binding , LOG4J ) >>>>> - JUL - 0 dependencies just JDK >>>>> >>>>> If there is no found limitations I would prefer to use JUL and worth >>>>> to consider it before make a conclusion. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks ! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 6:26 PM, Afkham Azeez <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I was reading >>>>>> http://javarevisited.blogspot.com/2013/08/why-use-sl4j-over-log4j-for-logging-in.html&; >>>>>> we could remove a lot of boiler >>>>>> plate code, and bring in any logging implementation if we use SLF4J. >>>>>> Thoughts? >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> *Afkham Azeez* >>>>>> Director of Architecture; WSO2, Inc.; http://wso2.com >>>>>> Member; Apache Software Foundation; http://www.apache.org/ >>>>>> * <http://www.apache.org/>* >>>>>> *email: **[email protected]* <[email protected]> >>>>>> * cell: +94 77 3320919 <%2B94%2077%203320919> blog: * >>>>>> *http://blog.afkham.org* <http://blog.afkham.org> >>>>>> * twitter: >>>>>> **http://twitter.com/afkham_azeez*<http://twitter.com/afkham_azeez> >>>>>> * linked-in: **http://lk.linkedin.com/in/afkhamazeez >>>>>> <http://lk.linkedin.com/in/afkhamazeez>* >>>>>> >>>>>> *Lean . 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