Curt Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 12/18/2004 03:19:41 PM: > > On Dec 18, 2004, at 2:18 PM, Richard Sitze wrote: > > >> > >> +1. Just because the JDK 1.4 log does this, doesn't mean that we have > >> to enforce this behavior on all logging implementations. Why not just > >> leave it generic? If someone wants enter/exit methods, they can > >> define > >> their own: > >> > >> public static void enter(Log log, Class clazz, String method); > >> public static void exit(Log log, Class clazz, String method); > > > > The proposal is for more than a the simple helper methods, it is for > > the > > [potential] underlying implementation below. Where possible, these > > SHOULD > > be mapped to a finer level than 'debug', but not as fine as 'trace'. > > > > By naming them 'enter/exit' instead of 'finer', we encourage their use
> > in > > a particular fashion... if you feel that such strong "best-practice" > > enforcement is inappropriate, then let's not throw the dog [and I know > > it's a dog ;)] out with the bath water. > > > > We'd like at least one more trace level, see below. > > > > > Maybe the tension is a manifestation of the problem of trying to assign > one common severity to entering and exiting messages. Some entries > have to be more significant than others, the only mechanism to > distinguish them in the JSR-47 is to not instrument the less > significant entry points. > > > Maybe adding a > > entering(Level level, String...) > > The JSR-47 adapter could map this the JSR's entering if level was the > equivalent of FINER or lower and fabricate a similar message if the > level were higher than finer. Interesting point. We're trying to NOT expose parameterized levels in JCL. Not to say that we can't, just that I expect heated discussion within the community ;) <ras> ******************************************* Richard A. Sitze IBM WebSphere WebServices Development --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
