[Htmlparser-developer] ParserFeedback mechanism

[<dha...@or...>]

Hi guys,

I remember we had a discussion about the feedback mechanism earlier. I
just wanted to restart it by suggesting use of the Logging Wrapper from
Jakarta.

I have noticed that if anyone wants to use the ParserFeedback to log
then they will need to mostly extend the DefaultParserFeedback class and
override the methods appropriately. If we can map the ParserFeedback
class to the Logging Wrapper applications can easily use the Feedback
mechanism to log to Log4j and JDK 1.4 without having to do a thing. most
users according tome woudl be using one of these systems. I believe the
argument then was coupling with a third-party library. But I believe the
flexibility it offers outstrips the coupling drawback. 

Furthermore imagine an application which is using some other logging
tool. They have coded their entire logging framework using the Logging
Wrapper and have used an adapter to log to their logging tool. If they
use the parser and want to log its output as well, they will have to
write one more adapter. Instead if the parser provides a mechanism for
using the Logging Wrapper, they would not need to do anything. 

We ahve actually had requests wherein different clients have asked for
different logging tools to be used!!! Hence the request.

We could simply extend from DefaultParserFeedback for LogWrapperFeedback
and make it implement the commons logging interface.

Do let me know your thoughts/opinions/suggestions on the same.

Regards,
Dhaval