On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 3:06 AM, Remko Popma <[email protected]> wrote:
> I should have looked this up... > l7dlog() methods replace the user-supplied key by its localized version > from the resource bundle. > > So this is about the log message text, not the level names. Please > disregard my previous email. > Now I see this :) ah! Good digging Remko! Gary > > One of my colleagues raised an interesting point: We have some systems > where the log files are tailed and monitored, and alerts are raised for > certain keywords. For those systems it is important that the format doesn't > change when upgrading. > That may actually be a good argument in favor of supporting localization > in log4j 2.0... > > > > > On Friday, January 31, 2014, Remko Popma <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I asked a number of Japanese and Chinese colleagues, but nobody seemed to >> want the level names translated in the log output. They were all happy >> with the English names. About half advised against translating, half was >> indifferent, and one person said he wouldn't use it himself but he thought >> that other people might want it. >> >> So maybe this is a "nice-to-have" rather than a "must-have" feature? >> >> On Friday, January 31, 2014, Remko Popma <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> What does the localization do? >>> Is it for translating the built-in level names? >>> >>> >>> On Friday, January 31, 2014, Gary Gregory <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> In Log4j 1 we use: >>>> >>>> - org.apache.log4j.Category.setResourceBundle(ResourceBundle) >>>> - org.apache.log4j.Category.l7dlog(Priority, String, Object[], >>>> Throwable) >>>> >>>> It seems v2 makes sidesteps the whole localization/i18n issue. >>>> >>>> What's the migration path for that? >>>> >>>> So we'll never play nice with some projects that require playing with >>>> resource bundles. >>>> >>>> Should we recommend creating a Logger wrapper to hold a resource >>>> bundle? I'm not sure what else we can do... we could provide it... >>>> >>>> Thoughts? >>>> >>>> Gary >>>> -- >>>> E-Mail: [email protected] | [email protected] >>>> Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second >>>> Edition<http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> >>>> JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> >>>> Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> >>>> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com >>>> Home: http://garygregory.com/ >>>> Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory >>>> >>> -- E-Mail: [email protected] | [email protected] Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition<http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com Home: http://garygregory.com/ Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory
