Author: ceki Date: Mon Oct 27 13:15:05 2008 New Revision: 1875 Modified: logback/trunk/logback-site/src/site/pages/manual/mdc.html Log: - minor rewording in the docs Modified: logback/trunk/logback-site/src/site/pages/manual/mdc.html ============================================================================== --- logback/trunk/logback-site/src/site/pages/manual/mdc.html (original) +++ logback/trunk/logback-site/src/site/pages/manual/mdc.html Mon Oct 27 13:15:05 2008 @@ -51,10 +51,11 @@ </p> <p>To uniquely stamp each request, the user puts contextual - information into the <code><a - href="http://www.slf4j.org/api/org/slf4j/MDC.html">MDC</a></code>, - the abbreviation of Mapped Diagnostic Context. The salient parts - of the MDC class is shown below. + information into the <code>MDC</code>, the abbreviation of Mapped + Diagnostic Context. The salient parts of the MDC class are shown + below. Please refer to the <a + href="http://www.slf4j.org/api/org/slf4j/MDC.html">MDC + javadocs</a> for a complete list of methods. </p> <div class="source"><pre>package org.slf4j; @@ -75,18 +76,17 @@ }</pre></div> <p>The <code>MDC</code> class contains only static methods. It - lets the developer place information in a <em>diagnostic - context</em> that can be subsequently retrieved by certain - logback components. The <code>MDC</code> manages contextual - information on a <em>per thread basis</em>. A child thread * - automatically inherits a <em>copy</em> of the mapped diagnostic - context of * its parent. Typically, while starting to service a - new client request, the developer will insert pertinent - contextual information, such as the client id, client's IP - address, request parameters etc. into the - <code>MDC</code>. Logback components, if appropriately - configured, will automatically include this information in each - log entry. + lets the developer place information in a <em>diagnostic + context</em> that can be subsequently retrieved by certain logback + components. The <code>MDC</code> manages contextual information on + a <em>per thread basis</em>. A child thread automatically + inherits a <em>copy</em> of the mapped diagnostic context of its + parent. Typically, while starting to service a new client request, + the developer will insert pertinent contextual information, such + as the client id, client's IP address, request parameters + etc. into the <code>MDC</code>. Logback components, if + appropriately configured, will automatically include this + information in each log entry. </p> <p>