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What is Apache log4j?

Apache Log4j 2 is an upgrade to Log4j that provides significant improvements over its predecessor, Log4j 1.x, and provides many of the improvements available in Logback while fixing some inherent problems in Logback architecture.

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Apache Log4j 2 is an upgrade to Log4j that provides significant improvements over its predecessor, Log4j 1.x, and provides many of the improvements available in Logback while fixing some inherent problems in Logback architecture.

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Verified User in Computer Software
CC
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Easy Logs"
What do you like best about Apache log4j?

it makes my life easier. otherwise I wasting my time on tracing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache log4j?

nothing to say exactly. mostly im ok with it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
UI
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Logs means apache log4j. It has numerous features which makes developer life easy."
What do you like best about Apache log4j?

Async logging is my favorite. Logs means apache log4j. It has numerous features which makes developer life easy. The custom logging levels and thread based logging is a nice features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache log4j?

Nothing as such. I didn't find anything to dislike this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Telecommunications
UT
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Is a reliable, fast and flexible logging tool"
What do you like best about Apache log4j?

It is thread safe , logging flow can be set at runtime using a configuration file, the format of the log output can be easily changed etc .... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache log4j?

Everything is OK for now , I am satisfied with what is offered :) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Maulik P.
MP
Technology Analyst
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Best logger framework ever"
What do you like best about Apache log4j?

It is the best logging framework. Easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache log4j?

I couldn't find any such disadvantage at all. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Insurance
CI
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"I like log4j + slf4j"
What do you like best about Apache log4j?

simple configuration and a lot of possibilities if needed Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache log4j?

not faced anything I would dislike. However, once I found that when we applied regexp to parse specific logline we got performance reduction. I don't think that it's log4j problem but it was no other ways to do saw. We found a solution Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
UI
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Nifty library to add logging to your code"
What do you like best about Apache log4j?

Easy maintenance

Fast debugging

Legacy projects still use it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache log4j?

Sometimes locks the log file so can't delete it.

If you can come up with a annotation based abstraction library like Slf4j, nothing like it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services
UF
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Best logging utility for Java developers"
What do you like best about Apache log4j?

Capabilities and easy to integrate with other frameworks Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache log4j?

the documentation needs to be enriched with integration examples (e.g logback) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Government Administration
IG
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Ultimate logging API for Java"
What do you like best about Apache log4j?

Its Rolling File Appender mechanism is awesome Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache log4j?

There is nothing to dislike in Log4j except its way of locking the log files while logging Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
IC
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Log4j Usage"
What do you like best about Apache log4j?

1. Good logging infrastructure without putting any efforts.

2.Ability to categorized logs in different level.

3.We can identify run time error or execption in applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache log4j?

Imposes extra requirements means allocation of resources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
IC
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Apache logs"
What do you like best about Apache log4j?

Easy to find the bugs and fix it so mostly used to fix bugs using this Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache log4j?

I couldn't find any dis advantages upto now Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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