Joern Huxhorn wrote:
I'm wondering how others are using Logback... I've always enabled caller data and can live with the fact that it's somewhat slower if actually logging something but very fast if no log event is actually generated...
Computing caller data as a global option is an interesting idea, especially considering that it will be computed only for enabled logging statements, as you have justly noted. Another parameter which was not mentioned, is the depth of the caller data. In a real-world system where the stack depth can 30 levels or more, caller data will be very large compared to the rest of the event. When considering a series of logging event, caller data will compress very well, although I must confess that I never imagined caller data to be deployed on a regular basis on production systems. I saw caller data as normally disabled, but which can be enabled when absolutely necessary. Joern, you seem to use a different model. -- Ceki Gülcü Logback: The reliable, generic, fast and flexible logging framework for Java. http://logback.qos.ch