RE: Class Library for message logging

Walden H. Leverich wrote:

"Now, what's "conventional wisdom" should I log directly to Log4J, or
should I log via commons-logging?"

The answer of course, is it depends.

The Jakarta-Apache commons logging is supposed to be a light weight 
wrapper that will let you plug in a variety of logging back ends, such as 
Log4J, the Sun JDK logging system, or a specialized J2EE system like WAS. 
The commons logging library will keep the interface simple. So what you 
should be able to do is add a custom Appender class that knows about 
iSeries Job logs and then use it with the commons-logging on an iSeries 
when needed. When your in another environment with another logging system, 
your code shouldn't have to change.

If you know you'll always use Log4J then just stick with that and just 
change you Log4J config file on different platforms.

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Jeff Furgal / MIMIX Product Architect / Lakeview Technology