...or a standardized non-binary format (like GELF, JSON based). On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 3:58 PM, 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> > -- [image: MagineTV] *Mikael Ståldal* Senior software developer *Magine TV* mikael.stal...@magine.com Grev Turegatan 3 | 114 46 Stockholm, Sweden | www.magine.com 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.
