At 23:04 21.04.2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Ceki Gülcü wrote:
>>
>>
>> One important point to remember is that each webapp classloader could load a fresh
>copy of log4j so that each webapp has its own logging universe.
>>
>
>This would significantly increase the memory footprint required for logging in the
>JVM.
>I would prefer that log4j be global.
Right, but it is not our choice to make. The user (i.e. the servlet developer) *can*
choose to load a fresh copy per webapp although this is not at all mandatory. It is
the users prerogative, a bit like the XML parser I guess.
Cheers, Ceki
