[slf4j-dev] slf4j i8ln

[Pete Muir]

To follow up on this, Mark Little pointed me at the Common Logging  
Framework developed by Arjuna as another way this problem has been  
addressed in the past.

See http://docs.jboss.org/process-guide/en/html/internationalization.html#d0e4183

On 17 Aug 2009, at 18:05, Pete Muir wrote:

> Hi,
>
> As discussed here https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/WBRI-290, we  
> would like to switch to slf4j as our logger (it offers a logging  
> facade, supports MDC/NDC and parameter replacement).
>
> However, as Takeshi highlights here https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/WBRI-214 
> , a needed feature is explicit i8n support, and it sounds like Ceki  
> would be happy to accept a contribution for this directly to the  
> slf4j.
>
> Perhaps, to get started, we should discuss the overall design and  
> aims. In the linked issue, Takeshi adds three features in the patch:
>
> - ability to localize a message by providing a resource bundle,  
> which has the same name as the class using the logger (the declaring  
> class)
> - the ability to log an enum value (rather than using a static to  
> hold the message/key)
> - the ability to associate the level at which to log with the  
> message with the enum (via an annotation) rather than in the call  
> from the declaring class
>
> (Takeshi, correct me if this is incorrect). I think we can probably  
> separate these features out when discussing.
>
> I think we would also need:
>
> - ability to specify the resource bundle to use when getting the  
> logger
> - ability to use statics fields or just a string id embedded in call  
> to logger
>
> But I'm sure others have given this more thought than me!
>
> Pete
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