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Logging framework

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- SLF4J (Simple Logging Facade for Java)

Maven dependency

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(version managed by

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related BoM maven

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project pom.xml)

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<dependency>
	<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
	<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
</dependency>	

How to use

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language java
// import required classes import org.slf4j.Logger; import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;   // define logger private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AuthenticationServiceImpl.class);   // use in code try { // logic } catch (final StorageException e) { final String message = "(" + accountId + ") fail."; LOGGER.error(message, e); throw new AuthenticationServiceException(message, e); }

FATAL logging level

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(marker usage example)

// import utility
import net.bolbat.utils.logging.LoggingUtils;
 
// use in code
try {
// logic
} catch (final ManagerException e) {
	final String message = "Can't initialize persistence service.";
	LOGGER.error(LoggingUtils.FATAL, message, e);
	throw new ServiceInstantiationException(message, e);
}

SLF4J API implementations

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• default no-operation (NOP) logger, included in slf4j-api

• logback

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  (version managed by our maven parent project pom.xml)

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  language xml
  <dependency> <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId> <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId> </dependency>

• apache log4j

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  (version managed by our maven parent project pom.xml)

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  language xml
  <dependency> <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId> <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId> </dependency>

• apache commons-logging

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  (version managed by our maven parent project pom.xml) 

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  language xml
  <dependency> <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId> <artifactId>slf4j-jcl</artifactId> </dependency>

• java util logging (version managed by our maven parent project pom.xml) 

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  language xml
  <dependency> <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId> <artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId> </dependency>

How to use for JUnit's without real dependency to logger implementation

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(logback example)

• Add maven dependency only for testing scope (version managed by our maven parent project pom.xml) 

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  language xml
  <dependency> <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId> <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId> <scope>test</scope> </dependency>

• Configure logger (example configuration)

Logging redirection from other loggers to SLF4J (just add required dependency)

• apache log4j 

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  <dependency> <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId> <artifactId>log4j-over-slf4j</artifactId> <version>1.7.5</version> </dependency>

• apache commons-logging 

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  <dependency> <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId> <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId> <version>1.7.5</version> </dependency>

• java util logging 

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  <dependency> <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId> <artifactId>jul-to-slf4j</artifactId> <version>1.7.5</version> </dependency>

• details can be found on http://www.slf4j.org/legacy.html