There has been lots of critique on the logging API being defined by
the JSR47 expert group.
Log4j is a Open Source logging package that has been around for
several
years and have had _lots_ of time to develop. It quite recently became
an
Apache project, and has after this gotten even more downloads, usage
and
hence improvements.
I urge the expert group to at least take into serious consideration
all
the inputs it has gotten from various projects, while the standard
still
is in the "public-review stage".
Ceki Gülcü is the "main man" for the log4j project, and have written
a
condensed "report" of what he feels is the "worst" design choices
that
have been done in the JSR47.
I cannot understand why the JSR47 cannot _base_ their work on this
_widely
used_ logging package that's already been out in the fields for
years.
Several other logging packages' teams have complained about the
JSR47's
API. If Sun actually mean that their JSR process is _somewhat_ open,
it
would be rather idiotic to not take all this feedback into
consideration.
Thank you for your time.
--
Mvh,
Endre