Re: Log4J - Downsides?

[Ron Cordell <roncordell@attbi.com>]

Can anyone comment on the advantages/disadvantages of Log4J compared to the 
jdk1.4 log facility?

Ron Cordell


On Friday 12 April 2002 01:17 pm, Michael S Young wrote:
> The only "problem" I've noticed with log4j is...
>
> If you reload the config file (through PropertyConfigurator.configure() or
> configureAndWatch() API), a _small_ number events might get lost as the
> appenders are closed and reopened.  Log4j will write an error to stderr
> stating that it couldn't send the event(s) to the appender-so at least you
> know it is happening.
> In exchange for being able to dynamically configure the logging behavior
> with the config file, I don't see this as a major problem.
>
> If you can't afford to lose any events, you can request a smaller-scale
> change by calling Category.setPriority().
> I haven't seen this API lose events yet.
>
> -Mike
>
> P.S. - I happened to be using the RollingFileAppender, but I assume the
> problem would occur with any appender.
>
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> "Paul Rogers" <ironstack2000@hotmail.com> on 04/12/2002 11:52:18 AM
>
> To:    ajug-members@www.ajug.org
> cc:
> Subject:    Log4J - Downsides?
>
>
> Going to pitch using log4j to my company next week.
> I've tried it out within some of the existing code and seems to be great.
>
> However, has anyone seen any problems using this API?
> Things like performance issues, security...
>
> This will used with servlets, and other backend code, running on JRun 2.3.2
>
>
> My company is open-source unfriendly to start with, so it will be an uphill
> fight..
>
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