Log4J Introduction

Log4J Introduction

Log4J is a reliable, fast and flexible framework written in JAVA to perform logging in Java applications and it is provided by Apache Software Foundation.

Log4j Features
  • Log4j is able to allow more than one thread at a time without providing data inconsistency, so that, Log4j is thread-safe.
  • Log4j will not slow down the application execution, it will be optimized to improve application performance.
  • Log4j is providing environment to send logging messages to more than one output appenders.
  • Log4j supports internationalization.
  • Log4j is providing services for both predefined and user defined facilities, it able to provide some customization’s also.
  • Log4j allows to set logging behaviors at run time through the configuration file.
  • Log4j is providing very good environment to trace Exceptions from its root.
  • Log4j uses multiple levels like ALL, TRACE, DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR and FATAL to generate messages.
  • Log4j allows to change the format of log output by extending Layout class.
  • Log4j is using appenders to generate log messages.
Log4J Introduction
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