[slf4j-dev] Rearranging classes

[Ceki Gülcü]

At 10:12 PM 2/13/2007, Eric Crahen wrote:
>I don't understand your concern about reliance on the thread context class 
>loader. The ServiceLoader mechanism is a well established method for doing 
>this reliably. This happens all over the JDK, from character sets, to 
>encryption schemes. It works very well and gives you a much cleaner 
>separation.

The SLF4J approach is pretty dumb but it is also easy to follow when things 
go awry. Not relying on class loader machinery is one the hard-earned 
lessons from JCL. Admittedly though, I am not that familiar with the 
ServiceLoader mechanism so I'll have a closer look at it.

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