Sure, it uses an extension of the java.text.MessageFormat syntax that allows for unlimited formatted varargs, and allows using dot-notation to prevent evaluation of the methods until it's been deemed necessary.  With the current libraries (all of them really), you have to evaluate all the javabeans that hold the data you are looking to log before it's decided whether to log the information or not.  In other words:

log.debug("Loading Student [" + sdnt.getNumber() + "] " + sdnt.getName() + " Enrolled: " + new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd").format(sdnt.getEnrollmentDate()));

Means that a lot of work is done and discarded when the debug level on this file is set to info or less.  SLF4j is a little better, but not much:

log.debug("Loading Student [{}] {} Enrolled: {}",new Object[] {sdnt.getNumber(),sdnt.getName(),new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd").format(sdnt.getEnrollmentDate())});

Yes, of course you could (and probably should) wrap each and every call to the log system in if(log.isDebugEnabled()) {}.  But we all know that is ugly and easy for Jr programmers to forget.  My library puts off the evaluation until after it's been decided that the information is necessary, then efficiently outputs the message, like this:

log.debug("Loading Student [{0.number}] {0.name} Enrolled: {0.enrollmentDate,date,yyyy-MM-dd}",student);

No muss, no fuss and the TextFormat utility is completely usable standalone (as well as the advanced dot-notation utilities).
  (*Chris*)

2012/2/13 Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen <thunderaxiom@hotmail.com>

Could you summarize your solution briefly here for the completeness of the archives?

 

(Personally I’d just be happy with a resolution so I can easily have more than two {}-arguments)

 

/Thorbjørn

 

From: logback-user-bounces@qos.ch [mailto:logback-user-bounces@qos.ch] On Behalf Of Chris Pratt
Sent: 9. februar 2012 17:16


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Well, I'd be happy to throw my solution in as an option.  You, and Ceki, can find more information at http://code.google.com/p/anodyzed There's information in the wiki documents and more on the way when I get a chance.  If there's any information you think is missing, please don't hesitate to let me know and I'll do what I can to remedy the situation.  Thanks.
  (*Chris *)

On Feb 9, 2012 1:00 AM, "Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen" <thunderaxiom@hotmail.com> wrote:

Ceki has not yet decided on the proper way to do varargs in slf4j.  Until
then, no official API.

See http://bugzilla.slf4j.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31 for the full history.

/Thorbjørn

-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of Stein, Eric
Sent: 6. februar 2012 14:24
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Subject: Re: [logback-user] Compiler selecting wrong Logger method

<sigh/> I'm a nitwit. I got confused because at my last job we used a
wrapper around slf4j, and the signature of the method was debug(String,
Object...). Out of curiosity, is there a reason why that format wasn't used?
The compiler should be smart enough to call the more specific debug(String,
Object, Object) when appropriate. Changing from Object[] to Object... should
also be backwards-compatible...

Thanks, Marco!

Eric

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On Behalf Of BRESCIANI, MARCO (MARCO)
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 8:12 AM
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If I'm not wrong, using - Object[] - or the variable list - Object... - is a
bit different and in order to have the correct method, you should write
this:

       LOGGER.debug("Hi {} {} {}", new Object[] { arg1, arg2, arg3 });



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-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of Stein, Eric
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 1:59 PM
To: logback-user@qos.ch
Subject: [logback-user] Compiler selecting wrong Logger method

I'm seeing a funny error when trying to write to logback.
       import org.slf4j.Logger;
       import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

       final String arg1 = "arg1";
       final String arg2 = "arg2";
       final String arg3 = "arg3";
       LOGGER.debug("Hi {} {}", arg1, arg2);
       LOGGER.debug("Hi {} {} {}", new String[] { arg1, arg2, arg3 });
       LOGGER.debug("Hi {} {} {}", arg1, arg2, arg3);

The last line is giving this error message:

The method debug(Marker, String, Object, Object) in the type Logger is not
applicable for the arguments (String, String, String, String)

I don't see why it isn't using the method whose signature is debug(String,
Object[]), especially given that I'm not using a Marker.
I'm running in Eclipse Indigo, and my classpath looks like this:

logback-classic-1.0.0.jar
logback-core-1.0.0.jar
slf4j-api-1.6.4.jar

Does anybody know why the compiler is using the wrong method?

Thanks,
Eric Stein
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