Hi All: I've just come across the need for distinguishing log entries somewhat between what INFO and DEBUG provide.
I think of the DEBUG level as a watermark where data is provided for developers and support to do deep debugging. INFO is for users. But I see the need now for providing an easy way to give user more information (hence VERBOSE or another word) which is not at the DEBUG level of detail. Ideally, I'd like this in INFO mode: INFO Reading configuration INFO Running server Then in a new VERBOSE mode: INFO Reading configuration VERBOSE Reading accounts VERBOSE Reading this config data VERBOSE Reading that config data VERBOSE Reading other config data INFO Running server The in DEBUG mode, you'd get all the things that are real debug information like DEBUG Configuration location was not provided on the command line. DEBUG Searching classpath for configuration: cp entries DEBUG Searching user home for configuration: c:\users\... DEBUG Found configuration at location xzy, last modified date: ... INFO Reading configuration Thoughts? -- E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition<http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com Home: http://garygregory.com/ Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory
