[jbossseam-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (JBSEAM-4089) Allow for custom LogProviders

Allow for custom LogProviders ----------------------------- Key: JBSEAM-4089 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBSEAM-4089 Project: Seam Issue Type: Feature Request Components: Core Affects Versions: 2.1.1.GA Reporter: Bob Thule Please see forum: http://www.seamframework.org/Community/CustomLogProvider org.jboss.seam.log.Logging finds a log provider by: static LogProvider getLogProvider(String category, boolean wrapped) { return isLog4JAvailable ? new Log4JProvider(category, wrapped) : new JDKProvider(category, wrapped); } This does not allow users to supply a custom log provider. There are two reasons I can see for wanting to use a custom log provider: 1. To allow an alternative logging api, such as SLF4J. (for SLF$j, the current work-around for this is to use an log4j-to-slf4j bridge jar) 2. To allow custom work to be done, such as when error is called, to looking for an object in the contexts and to add a message to that object. i.e. public void error(String message, Exception e) { ((ErrorLog)Contexts.getSessionContext().get("errorLog")).add(message, e); if (level>=ERROR) logImp.error(message, e); }