LogKit 1.0b4 Released

[Peter Donald <do...@apache.org>]

LogKit 1.0b4 Released
---------------------
 The Avalon team is proud to announce the 1.0b4 beta
 release of LogKit.

About Avalon
------------
 The Avalon project is Apache's Java Server Framework.
 It is separated into six sub projects: Framework,
 Excalibur, LogKit, Cornerstone, Phoenix, and Testlet.
 Its purpose is to simplify server side programming
 for Java based projects. It formalizes serveral
 best of breed practices and patterns for server side
 programming.

For more information about Avalon, please go to
http://jakarta.apache.org/avalon

About LogKit 1.0b4
------------------
 LogKit is an easy to use logging toolkit designed
 for secure performance orientated logging. It's
 design encourages integration into existing products
 with minimal impact.

For more information about LogKit 1.0b4, please go to
http://jakarta.apache.org/avalon/logkit

ChangeLog for LogKit 1.0b4

*)  Added ContextMap, updated whitepaper to describe
 the feature. Deprecated ContextStack in the process
 as it encouraged bad practices and has been supersceded
 by ContextMap. [PD]

*)  Added ExtendedPatternFormatter to allow log messages
 to be formatted with caller method and thread ids. [PD]

*)  Fixed bug in OutputStreamLogger so that it does not
 append a '\n' at end of stream. [PD]

*)  Added Target SafeFileTarget that opens file and
 then closes file each time a log entry is written. [PD]

*)  Added basic unit tests for the logkit formatters,
 stream and file output targets, priority and logTarget
 inheritance and utility code. [PD]

*)  Rework existing logtargets so that they are thread
 safe, perform better error management and improve
 usability. Old style targets have been deprecated
 as have any "unsafe" methods. [PD]

*)  Added extra constructor to PatternFormatter so
 that format string is specified at construction
 time. Deprecated no arguements constructor and
 setFormat() method. [PD]

*)  Added StackIntrospector class that is amalgamation
 of utility code supplied by Stuart Roebuck (stuart.roebuck@adolos.co.uk)
 and Sylvain Wallez (sylvain.wallez@anyware-tech.com). [PD]

*)  Right justified fields are cropped on the left. ie
 [%-20.20{context}] changes from outputting "[org.apache.log.forma]"
 to "[mat.PatternFormatter]". [SR]

*)  Made Hierarchy.log() deal gracefully with a null
 exception parameter. [PD]

*)  Added stylesheet to convert Stylebook markup to
 DocBook markup. [BL]

*)  Deprecated AvalonFormatter and created a new Formatter
 inside Avalon project. [BL]

*)  Changed the documentation build process to use Cocoon
 to build the site. [BL]

*)  Deprecated FilterTarget it was rarely (never?)
 used and offers only minor advantages over directly
 using sub-classes. [PD]

*)  Added XMLFormatter to enable writing logs in XML
 format. [PD]

*)  Made priority serializable. [PD]


Downloads for LogKit 1.0b4 available at 

http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-avalon/release/logkit/latest
    


-- 
Cheers,

Pete

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