[Springframework-developer] Re: Commons Logging Bean Post Processor

[Rob H. <ro...@ca...>]

Nick,

It isn't something that you will use all the time, but flexible log naming 
is quite useful when using multiple beans of the same time. This isn't a 
replacement for the private LOG field, it is a complement. 

Rob
Nick Minutello writes: 

> The other benefit is that it allows you to mock your logger for testing. 
> 
> I personally dont often test logging - usually because I am using the
> private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(MyClass.class); and
> its a PITA. 
> 
> But occassionally, you do want to test that you are logging something
> (ie when the logging is important - typically WARN level logging). 
> 
> However, that said, I think that the PITA factor for a setter based
> dependancy for something as common as logging might outweigh its
> benefits..
> (By PITA factor, I am referring to NPE's when you forget to call the
> setter in your tests) 
> 
> -Nick 
> 
> 
> On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 19:59:12 GMT, Rob Harrop <ro...@ca...> wrote:
>> My thinking is that it allows for log names to be changed easily - something
>> that is quite handy in apps where you have many instances of the same
>> service components lying around. 
>> 
>> Rob  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> James Cook writes: 
>> 
>> > I guess I don't have to use it, but I also think it's a bit overkill. I find
>> > this single statement sufficient:
>> >
>> > private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(MyClass.class);
>> >
>> >
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> Of Dmitriy Kopylenko
>> >>
>> >> I had the same kind of an idea a while ago and I remember discussing it
>> >> with Juergen. At that time Juergen didn't see a real value of injecting
>> >> Log instances.
>> >
>> >
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