Re: log4net and versions 1.3/1.7

[Brian Kierstead <br...@fluidmedia.com>]

Well, I'd still like to know more about it, but I haven't had any 
problems now with leaving out the reference and web.config section.  I 
guess you only need to add them if you want logging by log4net.

Brian

Brian Kierstead wrote:

> Can anyone explain to me why is meant by the new version not having a 
> dependency on log4net?  I'm getting a little confused when reading the 
> docs and readme files.  In the changelog.txt file under the 
> IBatisNet.DataMapper-bin-1.3.0 directory it says (it has a similar 
> file in the DataAccess directory which says the same thing):
>
> Added custom logger support (remove dependcy on log4net), IBATIS now 
> need a custom section in your application config file
>
>         Exemple (for log4NET) :
>         <configSections>
>             <sectionGroup name="iBATIS">
>                 <section name="logging"
>     type="IBatisNet.Common.Logging.ConfigurationSectionHandler,
>     IBatisNet.Common" />
>             </sectionGroup>   
>             <section name="log4net"
>     type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler, log4net" />
>         </configSections>
>        
>         <iBATIS>
>             <logging>       
>                 <logFactoryAdapter
>     type="IBatisNet.Common.Logging.Impl.Log4NetLoggerFA,
>     IBatisNet.Common.Logging.Log4Net">
>                     <arg key="configType" value="inline" />
>                 </logFactoryAdapter>
>             </logging>
>         </iBATIS>
>
>
> How is this removing the dependancy on log4net?  Its still in there... 
> And in the documentation for the data access, under 'Setup the 
> Distribution' it says that you need to include log4net (it doesn't say 
> this in the mapper help file):
>
>     The core DataAccess framework has external dependencies on
>
>        1. |Castle.DynamicProxy.dll| (creating proxies)
>        2. |log4net.dll| (logging)
>
>
> So do we need it or not? Or do you only need to include it in the 
> web.config if it you want the logging to be used?
>
> Thanks,
> Brian