a logging/trace lib for java

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frank - 16 Jun 2005 16:41 GMT

I was wondering if anyone had or knew of a basic java class/lib to do
tracing/logging of a java program. All I'm looking to do is have a
utility class I guess to replace plain old System.out.println()(save to
a file probably instead) calls in the code. To be able to turn it on or
off and maybe have different levels of logging also. Seems like this is
something others would also need so I thought I would ask before I tried
to build it myself.

Thanks,

Frank

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TechBookReport - 16 Jun 2005 17:08 GMT

> I was wondering if anyone had or knew of a basic java class/lib to do
> tracing/logging of a java program. All I'm looking to do is have a
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> Frank

Two places to look at. The first is the Jakarta Commons Logging project
(http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/logging/). The second is Log4J, also
an apache project (http://logging.apache.org/log4j/docs/).

An even lower tech approach is to point System.out to a file...

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Vova Reznik - 16 Jun 2005 17:15 GMT

> I was wondering if anyone had or knew of a basic java class/lib to do
> tracing/logging of a java program. All I'm looking to do is have a
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> Frank

package java.util.logging

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Roland - 16 Jun 2005 17:18 GMT

> I was wondering if anyone had or knew of a basic java class/lib to do
> tracing/logging of a java program. All I'm looking to do is have a
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> Frank

A third possibility is Java's own logging system (available for Java 1.4
and later)
<http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/util/logging/package-summary.html>
<http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/logging/index.html>

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Simon OUALID - 16 Jun 2005 18:34 GMT

> A third possibility is Java's own logging system (available for Java 1.4
> and later)
> <http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/util/logging/package-summary.html>
>
> <http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/logging/index.html>

log4j is nice too, but you'll need an extra jar :
http://logging.apache.org/log4j/docs/index.html

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Roland - 16 Jun 2005 20:19 GMT

>> A third possibility is Java's own logging system (available for Java
>> 1.4 and later)
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> log4j is nice too, but you'll need an extra jar :
> http://logging.apache.org/log4j/docs/index.html

Yep, it contains implementations for several output destinations, such
as SMTP (email), NT eventlog, Unix syslog.
If only logging to a file is required, Java logging would suffice (log4j
also supports logging to a file, of course).

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Lucy - 16 Jun 2005 19:00 GMT

> > I was wondering if anyone had or knew of a basic java class/lib to do
> > tracing/logging of a java program. All I'm looking to do is have a
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> > something others would also need so I thought I would ask before I tried
> > to build it myself.

There is a program called "trace" that you can use. It prints out whenever
you enter or leave a method.

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Roland - 16 Jun 2005 20:20 GMT

>>>I was wondering if anyone had or knew of a basic java class/lib to do
>>>tracing/logging of a java program. All I'm looking to do is have a
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> There is a program called "trace" that you can use. It prints out whenever
> you enter or leave a method.

Where would I find this program. Do you perhaps have a URL.

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Lucy - 17 Jun 2005 00:19 GMT

> >>>I was wondering if anyone had or knew of a basic java class/lib to do
> >>>tracing/logging of a java program. All I'm looking to do is have a
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> Regards

www.jmonde.org
but when you click on it, it goes immedately to
http://www.geocities.com/mcphailmj/

On-the-fly runtime method tracing for Java applications

Synopsis
org.jmonde.debug.Trace [ options ] class [ argument ... ]

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