Well, Is 1.1 really used nowadays? i mean.. at least 1.2 is acceptable coz the threading model was changed.
We could, strip out all unwanted loggers, and give a lite-version of JCL (with SimpleLogger), IMHO. On 2/18/06, robert burrell donkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i've been considering for a while whether the commons should ship a > simpler but reasonably compatible version of JCL. over the years, we've > recommended this so many times but have always left it to the actual > user to go away and do the work themselves. i've come to the conclusion > that it would be a good idea for this to be available as a separate > component. > > i think that there is an argument that we leave static binding until > JCL2.0 but i would prefer a version to be available as a (limited) > substitute for 1.1. > > this would be created by stripping out all the classloading magic > required to support the java 1.2 hierarchical classloading model and > would be java 1.1 compatible. most of the standard JCL configuration > mechanisms would still be used but only the class classloader would be > searched. the jar would be fully compatible with the JCL API but > semantically (and possibly also binary) incompatible with the SPI. > > no exceptions would be thrown when discovery fails: a backup log > implementation would be provided. the diagnostic log switch would allow > limited debugging of configurations. > > this would be runtime only substitute: applications should still compile > against the conventional JCL jar. > > use cases replacing (dynamic discovery) JCL: > > * for J2ME applications > * for applets > * for some client-side applications > * for frameworks which do not want JCL dependencies (Torsten's > requirements) > * for those requiring maximum performance (at the expense of > flexibility) > > opinions? > > - robert > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Karthik http://guilt.bafsoft.net
