I apologize if this has been covered already, but I have not been able to find it so far in the manual or the mailing list archive. My organization is in the middle of defining our logging standards and we are looking for some best practice information. We are intending to make use of JMX for management of the logger settings. 1 - In log4j, the standard practice that I saw was for developers to statically define a logger for each class instead of dynamically calling getLogger() for each logging message. Given the dramatic speed improvements in the getLogger() calls, is this still the recommended practice? 2 - When using the JMXConfigurator, do the existing loggers that have been defined get updated or are they discarded and new ones created? This is related to (1) above in that if new objects are created instead of updating existing, then use of a statically defined logger is not acceptable. Thanks in advance for the advice. Dale Chapman, Corporate Architect, Common Services Medavie 506-867-4430 dale.chapman@medavie.bluecross.ca ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This communication, including any attached documentation, is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain confidential, personal, and/or privileged information. Any unauthorized disclosure, copying, or taking action on the contents is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact us immediately so we may correct our records. Please then delete or destroy the original transmission and any subsequent reply. Thank you. La présente communication, y compris toute pièce qui y a été jointe, est destinée uniquement à la personne ou à l’entité à laquelle elle a été adressée, et contient des renseignements à caractère confidentiel et personnel. Toute diffusion ou reproduction non autorisée ou toute intervention entreprise relativement à son contenu est strictement interdite. Si vous avez reçu ce message par erreur, veuillez nous le signaler immédiatement afin que nous puissions effectuer la correction à nos dossiers. Veuillez par la suite supprimer ou détruire le contenu de la transmission originale ainsi que toute réponse ultérieure. Merci. -----------------------------------------------------------------------