[Aglets-developer] [RFC] Addition of Log4J to ASDK

[Robert B. <rbergstrom@iSolutionsCorp.com>]

The ASDK has some diagnostic messages and a log, but it is inconsistent in
some areas.  I'd like to introduce the Log4J logging system.  It is part of
the Jakarta project and information can be found on their site at
jakarta.apache.org.

The addition of Log4J would give Aglets hierarchical logging capabilities,
prioritized messaging, dynamic and runtime configuration of logs, and
configurable message sinks.  Since it is part of the Jakarta project, I
believe the licenses of the two projects are compatible.

The plan would be to refactor logging in an incremental fashion giving each
class a category based on it's packaging and using the standard priorities
(info, debug, error, etc).  In addition, I have in mind an Aglet which would
give "on-the-fly" configuration control the server admin.

Comments, questions, suggestions?

// RAB