http://saltnlight5.blogspot.com/2013/08/how-to-configure-slf4j-with-different.html
There are many good benefits in using slf4j
library as your Java application logging API layer. Here I will show few
examples on how to use and configure it with different loggers.
You can think of slf4j
as an Java interface, and then you would need an implementation (ONLY ONE) at runtime to
provide the actual logging details, such as writing to STDOUT or to a file etc. Each logging implementation
(or called binding) would obviously have their own way of configuring the log output, but your application will
remain agnostic and always use the same org.slf4j.Logger
API. Let’s see how this works in practice.
slf4j
with Simple logger Create a Maven based project and this in your pom.xml
.
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
<version>1.7.5</version>
</dependency>
Now you may use Logger
in your Java code like this.
package deng;
import org.slf4j.*;
public class Hello {
static Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Hello.class);
public static void main(String[] args) {
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
if (i % 2 == 0)
LOGGER.info("Hello {}", i);
else
LOGGER.debug("I am on index {}", i);
}
}
The above will get your program compiled, but when you run it, you will see these output.
bash> java deng.Hello
SLF4J: Failed to load class "org.slf4j.impl.StaticLoggerBinder".
SLF4J: Defaulting to no-operation (NOP) logger implementation
SLF4J: See http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#StaticLoggerBinder for further details.
What it’s saying is that at runtime, you are missing the logging "implementation" (or the logger binding),
so slf4j
simply use a "NOP" implmentation, which does nothing. In order to see the output properly, you
may try use an simple implementation that does not require any configuration at all! Just go back to your
pom.xml
and add the following:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
<version>1.7.5</version>
</dependency>
Now you see logging output on STDOUT with INFO level. This simple logger will default show any
INFO level message or higher. In order to see DEBUG messages, you would need to pass in this System Property -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.defaultLogLevel=DEBUG
at your Java startup.
slf4j
with Log4j loggerNow we can experiment and swap different logger implementations, but your application
code can remain the same. All we need is to replace slf4j-simple
with another popular logger implementation,
such as the Log4j.
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
<version>1.7.5</version>
</dependency>
Again, we must configure logging per implementation that we picked. In this case, we need an src/main/resources/log4j.properties
file.
log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG, STDOUT
log4j.logger.deng=INFO
log4j.appender.STDOUT=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
log4j.appender.STDOUT.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.STDOUT.layout.ConversionPattern=%5p [%t] (%F:%L) - %m%n
Re-run your program, and you should see similar output.
slf4j
with JDK loggerThe JDK actually comes with a logger package, and you can replace pom.xml
with this logger implementation.
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
<version>1.7.5</version>
</dependency>
Now the configuration for JDK logging is a bit difficult to work with. Not only need a config file, such as src/main/resources/logging.properties
, but you would also need to add a System properties -Djava.util.logging.config.file=logging.properties
in order to have it pick it up. Here is
an example to get you started:
.level=INFO
handlers=java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler
java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.level=FINEST
deng.level=FINEST
slf4j
with Logback loggerThe logback logger implementation is a super dupa quality implementation. If you intend to write
serious code that go into production, you may want to evaluate this option. Again modify your pom.xml
to replace with this:
<dependency>
<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
<version>1.0.13</version>
</dependency>
Here is a sample of configuration src/main/resources/logback.xml
to get things started.
<configuration>
<appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
<encoder>
<pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n</pattern>
</encoder>
</appender>
<logger name="deng" level="DEBUG"/>
<root level="INFO">
<appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
</root>
</configuration>
slf4j
loggerIf you are providing an Java library for large end users consumption, it’s good idea to set your project to depend on slf4j-api
only, and then let your user choose any logger implementation at their development or runtime environment. As end users, they may quickly select one of option above and take advatage of their own favorite logging implementation features.
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