[logback-user] Minimal library dependency for logback implementation of RequestLogImpl

[Russell E Glaue]

Yes, I am only interested in logback-access so that I can implement the
jetty.RequestLogImpl for Geronimo-Jetty 2.1.3
And you say to do this I only need the logback-core/access libraries.

I asked what the relationship was between logback and slf4j.
Can I assume from what you are saying that logback-core and logback-access in no
way have anything to do with slf4j in any way?

So, to get to my results, Geronimo-Jetty 2.1.3 implements slf4j-api 1.4.3 (Jetty
6.1.14 implements slf4j 1.3.1).
If I load the logback-access and logback-core 1.5.6 libraries into Geronimo, is
there going to be any issues or conflicts with specifically the slf4j 1.4.3
support in Geronimo?

In other words, will loading logback-core/access 1.5.6 into Geronimo override
any part of the existing slf4j 1.4.3 library?

Can any application use slf4j 1.3.1 OR slf4j 1.4.3 libraries, and then at the
same time use logback-core and logback-access 0.9.14 libraries without any problems?

-RG


Ceki Gulcu wrote:
> Hello Russell,
> 
> The logback projects consists of 3 modules: logback-core,
> logback-classic and logback-access. There is also the logback-audit
> module but which is commercial (not open-source). All modules depend on
> logback-core.
> 
> Logback-access module depends on logback-core. It integrates with Tomcat
> and Jetty. So it requires any the two to be useful.
> 
> Logback-classic module depends on logback-core and on slf4j-api. The
> logback distribution bundles slf4j-api.jar under logback-examples/lib.
> However, your can obtain slf4j from http://www.slf4j.org/download.html
> 
> The pom.xml file you mention has a *dependencyManagement* section which
> declares slf4j. However, the dependencyManagement is used to fix the
> *version* of a dependency for all modules. It does *not* declare a
> dependency. In logback-classic/pom.xml there is indeed a dependency
> declaration on log4j-over-slf4j but which is in the *test* scope. It is
> only used for testing purposes. In other words, you don't need log4j to
> use logback.
> 
> You should not confuse logback-access and logback-classic. There serve
> different purposes. To answer your question, logback-access does not
> depend on SLF4J. (You are only interested in logback-access, right?)
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Russell E Glaue wrote:
>> Really?
>>
>> http://www.slf4j.org/
>> -
>> SLF4J API offers an advanced abstraction of various logging systems,
>> including
>> ... logback. ...
>> Logging systems can either choose to implement the the SLF4J interfaces
>> directly, e.g. logback or ...
>> -
>>
>> So what then is the relationship between logback and slf4j ?
>>
>> When my team has investigated the POM files for logback, we see
>> dependency on
>> log4j libraries.
>>
>> The latest POM in trunk show a dependency on slf4j 1.5.6
>> http://svn.qos.ch/viewvc/logback/trunk/pom.xml?revision=2114
>> -
>> ...
>> <properties>
>> −
>>     <!--
>>  slf4j.version property is used below and in setClasspath.cmd
>> -->
>> <slf4j.version>1.5.6</slf4j.version>
>> <consolePlugin.version>1.1.0</consolePlugin.version>
>> </properties>
>> ...
>> <dependency>
>> <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
>> <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
>> <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
>> </dependency>
>> ...
>> -
>>
>> Are the slf4j libraries compiled into and bundled with the logback
>> distribution?
>>
>> -RG
>>
> 
>