Hi, I need your expert advice here. The Log4JLogger class is declared as a final class. In my code, I use :
Logger logger = new Log4JLogger( Category.getInstance(targetName)); This is used in a generic method that is called to automatically log entries and exits of methods, so it is executed every time there is a log to be made for an entry/exit. It is thus called very often. I'd like to know if it has any performance issue. More specifically, I'd like to know if the final keyword helps for performance (as it does for final methods which are inlined) : I guess that even with the final keyword, there is always a new object instanciated in memory ... So, I also guess that simply writing : Category category = Category.getInstance(targetName); would be more performant ? Another solution would be to have a hashmap of all loggers and check in the hashmap whether the logger for a given targetName already exist and then use that logger if it does. However, the additional work (putting the instances in the hash, possibly with synchronisation (argh!), then doing an "if" and then fetching the logger from the hash) might overall be more costly that instanciating a new object. What do you think ? Any idea ? Thanks -Vincent -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>