> > I am -1 on walking the config line. No config. None. This > API intends > > to mask all of this and allow a component to just log. The > container > > using the component will be required to configure logging. > We are not > > trying to replace LogKit/Log4J, we are only trying to replace > > System.out.println(), IMHO. Besides, that is orhtogonal > IMHO, and if > > logging does this, it can do this in a later release, on a separate > > interface. > > Yes, but we should at least allow the user to pass a simple > 'config file' > or base information to the real logger. Like attributes in > servlet, jaxp, > etc. > > Otherwise we'll still have to code against Log4j APIs ( to set the > config file for example ) - and what's the point of using > commons logging > if we already require and hardcode log4j ?
Surely the author of the app can be expected to know which logging toolkit he/she is using? Commons-logging is to prevent the components from dictating a specific logging implementation to their users. It is (AFAICT) intended that commons-logging would only be used by individual components, and the users of those components would use their preferred logging api directly. commons-logging exists *only* to provide an API to commons components that wish to log without requiring a specific logging implementation. Configuration is not done by a components, therefore it is outside the scope of the common-logging package. NOTICE This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may contain copyright material of Macquarie Bank or third parties. If you are not the intended recipient of this email you should not read, print, re-transmit, store or act in reliance on this e-mail or any attachments, and should destroy all copies of them. Macquarie Bank does not guarantee the integrity of any emails or any attached files. The views or opinions expressed are the author's own and may not reflect the views or opinions of Macquarie Bank. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
