Alright, I've pushed changes to the LOG4J2-608 branch that make log4j-core
optional. There are still more docs to update as well as some additional
unit tests to write, but this module is almost done!


On 1 September 2014 22:49, Matt Sicker <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm updating log4j-jdk to use log4j-core if available. A similar pattern
> might be useful for the 1.2 bridge. Plus, the duplicate code isn't just the
> map; it's everything in AbstractExternalLoggerContextRegistry. Here, take a
> look:
>
>
> https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=logging-log4j2.git;a=blob_plain;f=log4j-api/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/spi/AbstractExternalLoggerContextRegistry.java;h=9e7a8fcdf43eae0a3ac0eb2163ab1da39bbce987;hb=LOG4J2-608
>
>
> On 1 September 2014 22:24, Ralph Goers <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Yes, I would recommend trying to make log4j-jdk dependent only on the
>> log4j 2 api.  However, if there is some functionality that is crucial to
>> how jul works then go ahead and make it be dependent on core.  I believe
>> getParents() is the reason the log4j 1.2 bridge is dependent on core.
>>
>> Ralph
>>
>> On Sep 1, 2014, at 7:42 PM, Matt Sicker <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Oh man, should I make log4j-jdk depend only on log4j-api then? That
>> limits functionality. No support for setLevel(), getParent(), plus it
>> limits the ability to add support for Handler classes in the future (I
>> already added support for JUL's Filter interface).
>>
>> The duplicate code is also in log4j-1.2-api. Here's a snippet:
>>
>>     private static final Map<LoggerContext, ConcurrentMap<String,
>> Logger>> CONTEXT_MAP =
>>         new WeakHashMap<LoggerContext, ConcurrentMap<String, Logger>>();
>>
>> I'll refactor this one, too, so you can see it all together in the
>> LOG4J2-608 branch.
>>
>>
>> On 1 September 2014 21:26, Ralph Goers <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I disagree. We already get comaints that the log4j 1.2 bridge requires
>>> core. Keeping it separate allows for other implementations. Frankly, I'm
>>> not sure the code Matt is talking about is a big enough deal to bother
>>> refactoring it.
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Sep 1, 2014, at 7:08 PM, Remko Popma <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> I haven't looked at the code (don't know how much duplicate code we're
>>> talking about), but in general I would prefer putting shared logic in core,
>>> to keep the published api as small as possible. All the bridge modules need
>>> core to do useful work anyway...
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On 2014/09/02, at 5:50, Matt Sicker <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yes exactly. It would be either do that, or make log4j-slf4j-impl and
>>> log4j-jcl depend on log4j-core. I'm not actually sure why they don't
>>> already depend on core other than the fact that they can get away without
>>> using it.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 1 September 2014 15:40, Gary Gregory <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> So are you suggesting we put the new code in the API SPI package and
>>>> not in core to avoid dragging in the core jar?
>>>>
>>>> Gary
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -------- Original message --------
>>>> From: Matt Sicker
>>>> Date:09/01/2014 14:16 (GMT-05:00)
>>>> To: Log4J Developers List
>>>> Subject: Small addition to API suggestion.
>>>>
>>>> I'm working on the JDK/JUL bridge again, and I noticed that there's a
>>>> bit of code duplication occurring in log4j-slf4j-impl as well as log4j-jcl.
>>>> This duplication is further duplicated in log4j-jdk which I'm working on
>>>> right now.
>>>>
>>>> The duplication is making a weak hash map of LoggerContext to
>>>> ConcurrentMap<String, L> where L is some external logger class. What I'm
>>>> proposing is a simple SPI class I've temporarily called
>>>> ExternalLoggerContextRegistry<L>. The purpose of this interface is to
>>>> provide a standardized way to keep track of external loggers that are
>>>> bridged with Log4j loggers.
>>>>
>>>> I'll push this work into a branch called LOG4J2-608 which is the JDK
>>>> logging bridge ticket. Class names are obviously not final. I wanted to put
>>>> this in core instead of api, but the bridges all use just the API.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Matt Sicker <[email protected]>
>>>>
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