Probably you should add it privately since I think the main developers have log4j have decided that such a level isn't really necessary.
However, I tend to agree with you. In fact, I am using log4j through the commons-logging interface and when first doing so, I got confused and tried to log through the "TRACE" level of commons logging, which is basically the same idea as your "DEBUG_PEDANTIC", but which doesn't exist in log4j. I could never figure out why my trace statements weren't logging until I asked the dumb question here and realized it didn't exist, no matter what the commons wrapper thought. Still, I think there IS a use case for what you want and I, for one, would like to see it in log4j. However, I have the feeling that this is a thread that has been hashed over many times before and I'm not sure what the principal developers would say. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Cohen Sr. Software Engineer Ignite Sports, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 9:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: New Level? I'm working on a project where I'm implementing a 3rd party proprietary/(mostly undocumented) network protocol. One of my logging statements dumps each byte as it's received/sent over the network. This is used in the "direst" debugging situations, and can obviously generate a very large number of logging events. (90% or more of the data is just encoded character data, and I also debug each character as it's decoded, so I get alot of events here as well.) These statements have the level of "DEBUG", but I think these situations warrant a new Level. Say "DEBUG_PEDANTIC". Basically this Level could be used in situations where the statement is a debug statement by definition, but it's called such a HUGE amount of times, and carries so little information, that it's only used in special/rare circumstances. Does this make any sense to add to log4j permanently? Does anyone else have a use for it? Or should I just add it myself to my own copy and use it privately? Thanks. -Mark -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
