FW: What to use?

[Ayende Rahien <Ay...@Ayende.com>]

 
I'm more than a little bit confused regarding logging & exception handling. 
To start with, I want to use a single point in my applications for logging
and possibly for exception handling. 
My problem is that I don't know what to choose. 
I checked the following: 
- log4net 
- MS Exception Application Block 
- MS Logging Application Block - read the docs, didn't look too deeply 
 
What are the respective advantages? 
I've found log4net easy to use, so I'm thinking of using it. 
I don't see how to use the Exception block for anything but logging
exceptions, and I don't see what value it adds over log4net. 
The logging block looks to be very complex in comparison with log4net. Can
you tell me what I get from using the application blocks? 
Specifically, what does the exception block add beside a way to log
exceptions? Does it add some exception handling?

RE: What to use?

[Mario Gutierrez <mg...@firstam.com>]

log4net is cleaner. The exception application block is as you say a
block to log or 'Publish' exceptions. I was hoping it would give
guidance on how to handle differents type of exceptions and when/how to
bubble exceptions. I didn't read too much on the logging application
block. There aren't many things out there as elegant as log4j, ummm i
mean log4net :)
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Ayende Rahien [mailto:Ayende@Ayende.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 4:08 PM
To: log4net-user@logging.apache.org
Subject: FW: What to use?


 
I'm more than a little bit confused regarding logging & exception
handling. 
To start with, I want to use a single point in my applications for
logging and possibly for exception handling. 
My problem is that I don't know what to choose. 
I checked the following: 
- log4net 
- MS Exception Application Block 
- MS Logging Application Block - read the docs, didn't look too deeply 
 
What are the respective advantages? 
I've found log4net easy to use, so I'm thinking of using it. 
I don't see how to use the Exception block for anything but logging
exceptions, and I don't see what value it adds over log4net. 
The logging block looks to be very complex in comparison with log4net.
Can you tell me what I get from using the application blocks? 
Specifically, what does the exception block add beside a way to log
exceptions? Does it add some exception handling?