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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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"Good logging service with less code"
It's really helpful if I am able to get logging event along with parameters while messages are logged. I also like the adaptor facility while using...
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"It is highly recommended to use log4j in our project"
We can easily use log4j frame to track project flow and can trace execution.
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It's easy to integrate with application. It creates separate log files daily basis, which helps to understand and search any specific log quickly. ...

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Tayyab Y.
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What do you like best about Apache log4j?

We manage logs which we want and save the log files Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache log4j?

We are unable to add dynamically values to logs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Apache log4j solving and how is that benefiting you?

It helps me to readable what happens in the code Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Apache log4j?

Apache log4j that I am using in Java project.lts very useful and wecan use in enterprise application Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache log4j?

In other languages how to implement just figured it out. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Apache log4j:

You can implement easily by using library of Apache log4j. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Apache log4j solving and how is that benefiting you?

Through log4j we can get response in file where we can set or configured in our location. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Apache log4j?

It's predefined feature. Proper way of logging activities Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache log4j?

Could have automated to catch the exception by itself on adding the annotation alone Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Apache log4j solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use log4j for logging all the method level activities and to elegantly inform the exception or error that occur Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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It is very easy to configure and we can focus on other parts of our project without even worrying about logging Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache log4j?

I don't think there is any downside as such Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Apache log4j solving and how is that benefiting you?

It has improved logging mechanism of my project Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Apache log4j?

Easy to configure and use the api in any language Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache log4j?

A bit cumbersome in terms of backward compatibility Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Apache log4j solving and how is that benefiting you?

Using the customised logging , we are able to perform different level of logging in different environments Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Apache log4j?

I like the configurable approach for handling the logs which can be customized on runtime. I like that I can change the log format, level and destination of the logs very easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache log4j?

Need to work little more on the connector side like publishing logs to elastic in a more configurable way. There are other open libraries to handle it but can be included in this package itself. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Apache log4j:

Yes, I highly recommend using log4j for logging. The architecture of this framework is pretty easy to understand. It can become the central point of the whole application and logs can be written or directed to a variety of destinations (files, Relational database management systems, non-SQL DBS like elastic, queueing(rabbitmq). It comes with a different level for the logs which can be changed at runtime very easily. We can also manipulate the log format easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Apache log4j solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are using this for logging purposes. The kind of simplicity it has to manage the logging level and log format is really good. It is fast.

The architecture of this framework is pretty easy to understand. It can become the central point of the whole application and logs can be written or directed to a variety of destinations (files, Relational database management systems, non-SQL DBS like elastic, queueing(rabbitmq). It comes with a different level for the logs which can be changed at runtime very easily. We can also manipulate the log format easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tushar G.
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What do you like best about Apache log4j?

Best part of Apache log4j is it's ease of use . This was the first logger I used and started my career with. Level of logging and easy to implement are the keys which makes log4j standout from other loggers. You can create logs bifurcation even at very low level. This has helped me a lot in tracing issues on production and live applications on larger scale.

Mentioning few of the way I used to log things from Apache log4j :

. Creating log folder structure daily based on the current date and default format .

. Creating file level log for logging the logs from particular application code resource file.

The above bifurcations have helped me a lot and also learned many different ways for looking and backtracking the problems and issues in the application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache log4j?

As of now I haven't came up with such thing. Happy logging !!!

But one thing I like to mention here is that, little workaround on documentation can help new learner understand this best utility more clearly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Apache log4j:

I would like to recommend this Apache log4 logging utility for others to consider this at the top when it comes for large scale application logging purpose. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Apache log4j solving and how is that benefiting you?

Majorly I use log4j for logging some important events and execution logs too. It do help me in debugging my applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Harshdeep S.
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What do you like best about Apache log4j?

Easy implementation of log4j in any of project be it core java or spring project. It gives extensive options for logging all my debug and error messages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache log4j?

It quite challenging when i have to implement log4j in a completed project as each individual class needs to be updated for that even if i have used other form of logging in those. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Apache log4j:

It provide extensive options regarding logging all my useful info and can be configured quite easily compaired to other logging solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Apache log4j solving and how is that benefiting you?

Log4j helps me solve most of my bugs as well as environment related issues that i get. Its and essential for me for remote testing and debuging of application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ayan S.
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What do you like best about Apache log4j?

The log file output configuration is damn easy now, For testing it's a bane, it's fast and reliable. And most importantly a great community.The ease to classify the logs in wanr, info, error, and many other types. This also helped in capturing logs of various other dependent tools. The enabling feature, formatting of the logs, class parameter makes it very easy to use and confirm where the code passed from which class its in and what is the log signifying. The logs level change can enable to display debug and other logs as well which makes it great to use when requirement to monitor all logs. The color scheme also gets displayed in the unix vim tool making it to clearly understand if its an issue or not to be looked and worked upon. On top of these many tools and other readers are there which classify the logs, the kibana tool helps analyzing and displaying the logs of any format into required format. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache log4j?

Increases the existing line of code, which seem hectic sometime considering large application codes. The dependency version keeps changing for each api and compatibility sometimes cause issue. Additional documentation and illustrations needed to efficiently utilise the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Apache log4j:

I would say it makes things easier, one should definitely go for it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Apache log4j solving and how is that benefiting you?

Log4J is a total logging system . It is totally customisable according to your need and requirement, that's the best part. Sometimes just having the error logs was not enough. So, to debug issues in QA, LT or Prod we enable logging at trace/debug level to see more logs and find the course of error situation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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The best thing about log4j is its ability to categorize logs into various levels. This is very helpful when I want to know whether a log is just for information or it's an error. Also the fact that I can create the output format as per my needs is like cherry on the cake. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache log4j?

Log4j locks logfile that is a bit problematic in edge case scenarios where we need to delete the logfile while Log4j has it open. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Apache log4j:

You will love the simplicity it offers with the greatest logging speed. You can just blindly go for it and it will not disappoint you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Apache log4j solving and how is that benefiting you?

I did not know much about logging in a code. But when implementing any server side application, I came across the benefit of logging the details and analysing them later. This helps troubleshooting and error reporting much easier and the reliability of Log4j was a boon since it's so fast as compared to many other Java based ogging utility. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.