Logging

Logging libraries

• Apache Log4J - Popular open source logging framework
• Java SE logging - The logging framework of Java SE, available from v1.4
• Apache Commons Logging - A facade to underlying logging systems, designed to allow open source frameworks to not enforce their preference of log framework on users
• LogBag
• http://monolog.objectweb.org/
• http://jakarta.apache.org/taglibs/doc/log-doc/intro.html
• http://www.slf4j.org/
• https://simple-log.dev.java.net/
• http://www.x4juli.org/
• LogFeeder
• http://logback.qos.ch/

• http://www.pjug.org/logging072002.ppt

Books

• Logging in Java with the JDK 1.4 Logging API and Apache log4j - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1590590996/

Articles

• Logging anti-patterns
• http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2002/08/07/log4j.html
• http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/04/02/log4j_ejb.html
• http://www7b.software.ibm.com/wsdd/library/techarticles/0207_barcia/barcia.html
• http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-instlog/
• about Commons-Logging: http://radio.weblogs.com/0122027/2003/08/15.html
• http://www.qos.ch/logging/thinkAgain.html
• http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2002/06/19/log.html
• http://www.devx.com/java/article/7999/
• Reporting application errors via email - SMTPAppender and SMTPHandler
• Logging discussion

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