log4j

log4j based loggers

Introduction#

Pros and Cons of different loggers which can be used to create a log4j-formatted log to be viewed using the Log4View viewer.

I will review 3 loggers in this article, Log4cxx, Log4cplus and Log4cpp.

Log4cxx

https://logging.apache.org/log4cxx/

  • currently undergoing Incubation - there is no official release
  • update/bug fixes once in the past 12 years, last release was 2008
  • user can select different LogLevels – TRACE, DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR, and FATAL
  • hierarchical Loggers
  • it is possible to log asynchronously
  • supports multiple appenders
  • user can select to enabled or disabled the logger
  • log can be sent to different and multiple output targets
  • user selected output formats
  • well documented
  • is licensed under the Apache License, an open source license certified by the Open Source Initiative

Log4cplus

https://sourceforge.net/projects/log4cplus/

  • updates/bug fixes - last release was Jan. 2016

  • user can select select different LogLevels – TRACE, DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR, and FATAL hierarchical Loggers

  • supports multi–threaded applications but is not safe to be used from asynchronous signals’ handlers

  • user selected output format: SimpleLayout, PatternLayout, TTCCLayout

  • supports multiple loggers

  • not well documented

  • is licensed under the Apache License V2.0

Log4cpp

https://sourceforge.net/projects/log4cpp/

  • bug fixes are about once a year, last release was April 2015
  • supports multi-threaded applications •no clear documentation exist
  • is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) as of version 0.2.1, before that have been released under the GPL.

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