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Posted to dev@commons.apache.org by robert burrell donkin <ro...@blueyonder.co.uk> on 2006/01/25 20:06:00 UTC

[logging] compatibility with JCL 1.0.2

Log4JCategoryLog has been deprecated since 1.0.3. however, 1.0.2 is
still in wide circulation and that mean anyone who specifies
Log4JCategoryLog in a commons-logging.properties will find that the
latest jar is no longer a drop in substitution (since Log4JCategoryLog
has been removed from the distribution).

i wonder whether we might perhaps try to load Log4JLogger when
Log4JCategoryLog is specified but cannot be loaded. this would give
better backwards compatibility.

opinions?

- robert 


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Re: [logging] compatibility with JCL 1.0.2

Posted by Martin van den Bemt <ml...@mvdb.net>.
Sounds like a wise thing to do indeed, although you probably are a better judge of the issues that 
may arise when not doing this..
Probably the fact that you wrote a mail about it, there must be a "doubt" and when in doubt, taking 
the safe route is probably better..

Mvgr,
Martin

robert burrell donkin wrote:
> Log4JCategoryLog has been deprecated since 1.0.3. however, 1.0.2 is
> still in wide circulation and that mean anyone who specifies
> Log4JCategoryLog in a commons-logging.properties will find that the
> latest jar is no longer a drop in substitution (since Log4JCategoryLog
> has been removed from the distribution).
> 
> i wonder whether we might perhaps try to load Log4JLogger when
> Log4JCategoryLog is specified but cannot be loaded. this would give
> better backwards compatibility.
> 
> opinions?
> 
> - robert 
> 
> 
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Re: [logging] compatibility with JCL 1.0.2

Posted by Dennis Lundberg <de...@apache.org>.
robert burrell donkin wrote:
> Log4JCategoryLog has been deprecated since 1.0.3. however, 1.0.2 is
> still in wide circulation and that mean anyone who specifies
> Log4JCategoryLog in a commons-logging.properties will find that the
> latest jar is no longer a drop in substitution (since Log4JCategoryLog
> has been removed from the distribution).
> 
> i wonder whether we might perhaps try to load Log4JLogger when
> Log4JCategoryLog is specified but cannot be loaded. this would give
> better backwards compatibility.
> 
> opinions?

Sounds like a wise move. Check the property to see if it matches the 
deprecated class. If it does, issue a warning and use the replacement 
class instead.

-- 
Dennis Lundberg

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