"David S. Faller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi everyone...
>
> I have a question regarding the LoggingService:
> Has anybody thought about adding a get-method for the loglevel?
>
> I am asking, because in performance critical environments problems might
> arise for debug messages.
>
> Most debug statements look like this:
> Log.debug("myMethod() entered. param1="+param1+";param2="+param2);
>
> In a production system, the log level is INFO or higher, so all string
> operations for the call are unnecessary.
>
> What about something like:
> if (Log.getLogLevel() > Log.LEVEL_DEBUG) {
> Log.debug("myMethod() entered. param1="+param1+";param2="+param2);
> }
>
> This would reduce unnecessary operations and improve performance...
I'm in favor of this. We've noted the same thing at CollabNet, and
often use per-class private boolean constants to achieve the same
effect.
Daniel Rall
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