On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 6:01 PM, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> wrote:
> It is actually funny that you say that. The API we provide for performing > logging is log4j-api, not log4j-core. We provide access in log4j-core for > users to customize how they configure their logging - not perform it. > I'm all about humoring the ML :-) Any further thoughts on adding these APIs? For or against? Gary > > Ralph > > > On Aug 21, 2017, at 3:42 PM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > When someone calls any of the init methods like > > org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.Configurator.initialize(String, > > ClassLoader, String), you get a Core LoggerContext, and that's what > you've > > got to work with... Why is that a bad idea? That's the API we provide. > > > > Gary > > > > On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 4:30 PM, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com > > > > wrote: > > > >> So you are saying that your application is getting Loggers by doing > >> LoggerContext.getLogger()? I guess I don’t really understand why that > is a > >> good idea. Are you saying you have your own custom LoggerContext and > that > >> you want to modify Log4j’s LoggerContext simply so you can modify yours? > >> > >> Ralph > >> > >>> On Aug 21, 2017, at 3:01 PM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> My use case is that deep in the guts and call stack of my server/app, I > >>> have a specific Core LoggerContext that I should/must use. Log4j and > >> other > >>> components must co-exist in a long-lived server that have modules that > >> are > >>> constantly re-initialized/re-configured during development and testing > >>> phases. During acceptance and production, the are fewer > reconfigurations, > >>> but they do happen. The bottom line is that most logging code dishes > out > >>> Loggers out of specific LoggerContext instances and not out of the > >>> LogManager classes (only in a few rare places.) > >>> > >>> Gary > >>> > >>> On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 3:47 PM, Ralph Goers < > ralph.go...@dslextreme.com > >>> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Did you ask this question last week? Why is it needed? Why can’t this > >> be > >>>> handled in LogManager? > >>>> > >>>> Ralph > >>>> > >>>>> On Aug 21, 2017, at 2:10 PM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> > >>>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Hi All: > >>>>> > >>>>> I have a need for the shortcut method > >>>>> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext getLogger(Class) which > >> would > >>>>> use getCannonicalName(). > >>>>> > >>>>> Any objection to adding that? > >>>>> > >>>>> Gary > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >> > >> > >> > > >
