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Posted to log4j-user@logging.apache.org by "Cakalic, James P." <Ja...@heybridge.com> on 2001/10/16 21:35:29 UTC

Using log4j in Web Application Servers

My team has been using log4j in WebSphere for nearly 18 months so it
sometimes comes as a surprise to me when I see people having difficulty with
the concept. I was pleasantly surprised to find 7 1/2 pages on using log4j
in the latest IBM Redbook "WebSphere Version 4 Application Development
Handbook". Here is a link to the PDF:
    http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/pubs/pdfs/redbooks/sg246134.pdf

The reference is in chapter 13, "Guidelines for coding WebSphere
applications". Both JRas and log4j are discussed along with general guidance
on why a logging framework is necessary, what one should expect from such a
framework, and demonstration of writing a wrapper to hide the framework
implementation. The author(s) have quite a few good things to say about
log4j.

Best regards,
Jim Cakalic