On Tue, 1 May 2001, Michael L. Heuer wrote:
>
> On Tue, 1 May 2001, Earl Hood wrote:
>
> > My $0.02 opinion: From the goal statements on the jakarta web-site for
> > Commons, it seems that Commons components should try to provide
> > well-defined exceptions and let the component user manage any logging
> > functionality (to support the goal of minimal dependencies).
> > Well-defined exceptions, and support for listeners (where appropriate),
> > should be sufficient to support a user in whatever logging system they
> > choose to use.
>
> Very well said.
>
> I'm not a voting member, but am against inclusion of log4j.
> Throw appropriate exceptions.
>
I think it's up to the component owners. Exceptions are only good for
error conditions, not for providing debug and other runtime
information. For complex applications, debugging can be very tedious
without some form of logging.
