I think I must be misunderstanding the part about “If those levels were added…”. I don’t understand how a level can be added to a class from the config such that it is usable by a programmer at compile time.
Ralph On Jan 26, 2014, at 5:24 PM, Scott Deboy <scott.de...@gmail.com> wrote: > Couldn't we no-op instead of throw if the same identical level were > registered? > > If those levels were then added to the same custom level class from the > config, could we use that single class in the logger calls? > On Jan 26, 2014 5:15 PM, "Ralph Goers" <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> wrote: > I am certain I could create a LevelPlugin that would allow you to define one > or more Levels in the configuration, but to use that Level the user would > have to code: > > logger.log(Level.toLevel(“DIAG”), “hello world”); > > In order to directly reference the level it has to be declared as a static > from somewhere and it can only be instantiated a single time, so creating it > from the configuration will prevent that. > > Ralph > > On Jan 26, 2014, at 4:03 PM, Scott Deboy <scott.de...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I have one goal: to remove my request for new built in levels by allowing >> the levels to be defined strictly via configuration. I agree there may be >> some hurdles but that's my goal. >> >> I'd like to avoid the requirement that users provide their own level >> implementation or use a different API. >> >> Scott >> >
