[jboss-as7-dev] Error logging / tracing log writer for resource adapters

Hi all, we implemented a resource adapter which makes use of the PrintWriter instance injected to the managed connection factory for error logging/tracing purposes. By searching for a way to enable/disable tracing during runtime we found out that the JCA container of jboss-as-7.1.0.CR1 just injects a System.out printer during deployment time. If I this isn't right, please correct me. The JCA (1.5) spec says the following: "An application server manages the association of a log writer with a ManagedConnectionFactory. When a ManagedConnectionFactory instance is created, the log writer is initially null and logging is disabled. Associating a log writer with a ManagedConnectionFactory instance enables logging and tracing for the ManagedConnectionFactory instance." This is exactly the behaviour that we would like to have :-) In our opinion it would be a better idea to write to a specific JBoss logger rather than to System.out. I checked out the sources from github and locally tested with a PrintWriter wrapper subclass which prints out to a org.jboss.logging.Logger instance if trace is enabled for that particular logger. It would be also nice if we could get notified about log level changes so that we could reset the ManagedConnection.logWriter back to null if tracing gets disabled. If so, the log writer could be null checked within the RA implementation so that the trace code (e.g. message formatting) doesn't need to be executed if trace is disabled... Is there a kind of callback mechanism implemented in jboss logging? What's your opinion about a suitable solution? Do you have any proposals? Best regards Christian WINCOR NIXDORF International GmbH Sitz der Gesellschaft: Paderborn Registergericht Paderborn HRB 3507 Geschäftsführer: Eckard Heidloff (Vorsitzender), Stefan Auerbach, Dr. Jürgen Wunram Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Karl-Heinz Stiller Steuernummer: 339/5884/0020 - Ust-ID Nr.: DE812927716 - WEEE-Reg.-Nr. DE44477193 Diese E-Mail enthält vertrauliche Informationen. Wenn Sie nicht der richtige Adressat sind oder diese E-Mail irrtümlich erhalten haben, informieren Sie bitte sofort den Absender und vernichten Sie diese E-Mail. Das unerlaubte Kopieren sowie die unbefugte Weitergabe dieser E-Mail ist nicht gestattet. This e-mail may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorised copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden.