Matt, I think you are missing the point. He wants a standard logging API that he can use in both .NET and Java so when the developers switch between them they have the same contract and functionality.
Ralph > On Oct 18, 2016, at 6:58 AM, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Using syslog is a pretty standard way to collect logs from all sorts of > programs and goes back decades. There has been an update to the syslog > format in RFC 5424 which fleshes it out a bunch. > > Then there are programs like Logstash and Flume which can be used in a more > platform-agnostic manner to collect logs from different applications. > > Really, when it comes down to it, the most standard way you can log > everything regardless of programming language is to use log files or some > sort of network appender using a standardized binary format. > > On 18 October 2016 at 08:53, Nicholas Duane <nic...@msn.com> wrote: > >> I guess platform is vague. Maybe I should have said language agnostic. >> It would be nice to have a single logging architecture/design run on C/C++, >> .NET, Java, etc. Or at least it seems like a nice feature to me. I would >> assume there are many enterprises out there that have applications running >> on different OS's and languages. If I'm trying to pick a logging framework >> to use and I find a popular one which is capable and runs similarly across >> the OS's and languages then that's a big plus in my mind. >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Nick >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Mikael Ståldal <mikael.stal...@magine.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2016 2:52 AM >> To: Log4J Users List >> Subject: Re: porting log4j2 to .NET >> >> Just to make things clear, Log4j is a logging framework for the JVM >> platform, and it is agnostic to the underlying OS. It it well tested on (at >> least) both Linux and Windows. >> >> On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 2:33 AM, Nicholas Duane <nic...@msn.com> wrote: >> >>> Figured I would send this question out to the log4j side. I have already >>> had some email exchanges with the log4net mailing list regarding porting >>> log4j2 to .NET. My suggestion was that the apache logging framework be a >>> single architecture design which is platform agnostic and then teams >> which >>> port to the different platforms. It seems log4net was a port of log4j >> and >>> may be going off in its own direction from that initial port. My >> viewpoint >>> is that's a bad idea as one of the benefits I saw was that log4net was >>> similar to log4j2 and we're looking for logging frameworks for our >>> enterprise. We have applications on both Windows/.NET and Linux/Java so >>> having a logging framework for Windows/.NET which is similar to a logging >>> framework for Linux/Java was a big plus. >>> >>> >>> While I have no doubt the effort to port log4j2 to .NET is considerable, >>> it would be a port and thus I'm not spending time figuring out design and >>> algorithms. Would anyone want to venture a guess at what that effort >> might >>> be? >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Nick >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> [image: MagineTV] >> >> *Mikael Ståldal* >> Senior software developer >> >> *Magine TV* >> mikael.stal...@magine.com >> Grev Turegatan 3 | 114 46 Stockholm, Sweden | www.magine.com< >> http://www.magine.com> >> [https://de.magine.com/content/uploads/2016/09/magine_global_social.png]< >> http://www.magine.com/> >> >> TV online with Magine TV<http://www.magine.com/> >> www.magine.com >> Watch the TV you love, on any device, anywhere in Germany and Sweden and >> find out more about our global OTT B2B solutions. Get started today. >> >> >> >> Privileged and/or Confidential Information may be contained in this >> message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message >> (or responsible for delivery of the message to such a person), you may not >> copy or deliver this message to anyone. In such case, >> you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply >> email. >> > > > > -- > Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-user-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-user-h...@logging.apache.org
