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Re: logging best practice

From: Mark Hansen <marklists_at_javector.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 21:40:52 -0500

In my experience java.util.logging is not well suited to server side
logging within a container. You basically get one configuration for the
entire JVM. So, unless all your Web applications can be configured
centrally, its of no use. Am I wrong about that?

roger.keays wrote:

>use java.util.logging
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>>I'm trying to deploy a WAR that includes log4j in the WEB-INF/lib.
>>GlassFish isn't finding it, and I understand from reading some of the
>>blogs that this is because commons-logging is getting loaded by the
>>System classloader is trying to instantiate the log4j classes that are
>>on the local Web classloader.
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>>First question: I don't really understand this behavior. Is GlassFish
>>autodetecting the use of Log4J in my webapp and trying to load the Log4J
>>classes directly from the System classloader rather than from my Web
>>classloader? If so, why is it designed that way? Why not just let my
>>Web app. load the Log4J classes?
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>>Second question: What is best practice for logging in a Web app that is
>>going to be deployed to GlassFish? I don't really like the solution of
>>putting Log4J into the GlassFish/lib because I'd like my apps to run on
>>an "out of the box" GlassFish (or SJSAS) install. And what if I've got
>>different apps using different versions of Log4J?
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>>Thanks for any advice,
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>>Mark
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