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     <section name="log4j version 1.2.1">
       <p>log4j 1.2.1 is now available in <a
 	href="../jakarta-log4j-1.2.1.tar.gz"><b>TAR.GZ</b></a> format
 	or in <a href="../jakarta-log4j-1.2.1.zip"><b>ZIP</b></a>
 	format.
       </p>

       <p>This minor release fixes bug #9155 reported by Nicko
 	Cadell. With the exception of this bug fix and some
 	documentation improvements, it is identical to log4j 1.2
 	final.
       </p>

       <p>In addition to many performance improvements, bug fixes, and
 	other small enhancements, log4j 1.2 adds JMX support, Mapped
 	Diagnostic Contexts, JDBC logging, graphical log viewer
 	(chainsaw), and buffered IO capability. One important change
 	is the replacement of the <code>Category</code> class with
 	<code>Logger</code> class and the <code>Priority</code> class
 	with the <code>Level</code> class in order to facilitate
 	migrating from the JDK 1.4 logging API to log4j. <a
 	href="http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-05-2001/jw-0504-finalists.html"><img
 	src="images/ecaward_finalist_logo.gif" align="right"
 	border="0"/></a>
       </p>

 	<p>Version 1.2 is the 22nd major public release of log4j.  All
 	changes except the removal of deprecated methods are backward
 	compatible such that log4j 1.2 can be considered a drop in
 	replacement for log4j 1.1.3. The only exception is the
 	renaming of the <code>CategoryFactory</code> class to
 	<code>LoggerFactory</code> class such that subclasses of
 	<code>Category</code> class to be modified and recompiled. By
 	the way, we strongly discourage casual users from subclassing
 	the <code>Category</code> or <code>Logger</code> classes.
       </p>

       <p>We also maintain a list of <a href="earlier.html">earlier
 	  versions</a> of log4j for download, intended for the curious
 	  paleontologist.
       </p>


     </section>


     <section name="Third-party extensions (listed in alphabetical order)">

       <dl>

 	<!-- ============================================================================== -->

 	<dt><a
 	href="http://logui.sourceforge.net/"><b>Chainsaw</b></a></dt>
 	<dd><b>Chainsaw is now integrated with log4j and ships with
 	the official distribution.</b> Chainsaw is a graphical log
 	viewer and filter for the log4j package. It listens for <a
 	href="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/docs/api/org/apache/log4j/spi/LoggingEvent.html">LoggingEvent</a>
 	objects sent using the <a
 	href="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/docs/api/org/apache/log4j/net/SocketAppender.html">SocketAppender</a>
 	and displays them in a table. Chainsaw also supports loading
 	events from files in <code>XMLLayout</code> format.
 	</dd>

 	<!-- ============================================================================== -->

 	<dt><a href="http://www.japhy.de/configLog4j"><b>configLog4j</b></a></dt>

 	<dd>A graphical log4j configuration editor by Tobias
 	Dezulian.</dd>

 	<!-- ============================================================================== -->

 	<dt>
 	  <a
 	href="http://support.klopotek.de/log4j/jdbc/index.html"><b>JDBCAppender</b></a>

 	</dt> <dd>A <code>JDBCAppender</code> by <a
 	href="mailto:t.fenner@klopotek.de">Thomas Fenner</a>. Note
 	that log4j 1.2 ships with another <code>JDBCAppender</code>
 	written by Kevin Steppe.
 	</dd>

 	<!-- ============================================================================== -->

 	<dt><a
 	href="http://developer.jini.org/exchange/projects/log"><b>JINI
 	logging service</b></a> (registration required)</dt>

 	<dd>A log4j wrapper for JINI by Jerome Bernard.</dd>

 	<!-- ============================================================================== -->

 	<dt><a href="http://qos.ch/"><b>log4j<em>ME</em></b></a></dt>

 	<dd>Log4j<em>ME</em>, or log4j MiniEdition, is based on the
 	same code as log4j. However, as the name indicates the
 	mini-edition is much smaller. It offers the same client
 	interface such that code compiled for log4jME is 100%
 	compatible with log4j standard edition. You can choose to
 	upgrade to log4j standard edition at any time by replacing
 	<em>log4jME.jar</em> with <em>log4j.jar</em> in your
 	classpath.
 	</dd>

 	<!-- ============================================================================== -->

 	<dt><a href="http://www.launchsoftware.com"><b>LogWeb</b></a> (commercial) </dt>

 	<dd>Log4Web is a J2EE web application, designed to web-enable
 	  system log files that have been generated by log4j.
 	</dd>

 	<!-- ============================================================================== -->

 	<dt><a
 	    href="http://traxel.com/lumbermill/"><b>Lumbermill</b></a></dt>
 	<dd>Lumbermill is a Swing(tm) log processing and distribution
 	  system for Log4j. </dd>

 	<!-- ============================================================================== -->

 	<dt>
 	  <a
 	href="http://www.servidium.com/site/logfactor5/index.html"><b>LogFactor5</b>
 	</a>(commercial)
 	</dt>

 	<dd>Another full-featured graphical log viewer. After a merger
 	  with a service-orinted company and a change in
 	  business-orientation, the owners of LogFactor5 have decided
 	  to donate their product to the log4j project.
 	</dd>

 	<!-- ============================================================================== -->

 	<dt><a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/taglibs/doc/log-doc/intro.html">
 	    <b>Log Tag</b></a>
 	</dt>
 	<dd>A custom log tag library from the <a
 	    href="http://jakarta.apache.org/taglibs/index.html">Jakarta
 	    Taglibs</a> project.</dd>

 	<!-- =========================================================================== -->

 	<dt><a href="http://www.m2technologies.net/asp/snmpTrapAppender.asp">
 	    <b>SNMPTrapAppender</b></a>
 	</dt>

 	<dd>An appender to send formatted logging event strings to a
 	  specified managment host (typically, a MLM of some sort, but
 	  could also be an SNMP management console) in the form of an
 	  SNMP trap.
 	</dd>

 	<!-- =========================================================================== -->

       </dl>
     </section>

     <section name="Ports to other languages">

       <dl>
 	<!-- =========================================================================== -->
 	<dt><a
 	href="http://log4c.sourceforge.net"><b>log4c</b></a></dt>

 	<dd>ANSI C functions and macros for flexible logging to files
 	and other destinations. It is modeled after log4j. It follows
 	the log4j API within the limits of reason. Intended for use in time-space
 	critical environments.</dd>

 	<!-- =========================================================================== -->

 	<dt><a
 	href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/log4cpp/"><b>log4cpp</b></a></dt>
 	<dd>A library of C++ classes for flexible logging to files,
 	syslog, IDSA and other destinations modeled after log4j.</dd>

 	<!-- ========================================================================== -->

 	<dt><a
 	href="http://log4cplus.sourceforge.net/"><b>log4cplus</b></a></dt>
 	<dd>A competing port to C++.</dd>

 	<!-- =========================================================================== -->

 	<dt><a
 	href="http://goanna.sourceforge.net/"><b>log4E</b></a></dt>

 	<dd>The Goanna project (Eiffel Web Services) now includes
 	log4E, a complete port of log4j.
 	</dd>

 	<!-- =========================================================================== -->

 	<dt><a
 	href="http://www.neoworks.com/products/log4net/"><b>log4net</b></a></dt>

 	<dd>The .NET implementation of the popular log4j Java API
 	providing flexible and arbitrarily granular control over log
 	management and configuration.</dd>

 	<!-- =========================================================================== -->
 	<dt><a
 	href="http://www.its4you.at/log4py.php"><b>log4py</b></a></dt>

 	<dd>Log4Py is a python logging module similar to log4j. It
 	supports logging to files or to stdout/stderr, variable
 	log-levels, configurable output formats and configuration via
 	configuration files.
 	</dd>

 	<!-- =========================================================================== -->

 	<dt><a
 	href="http://log4p.sourceforge.net"><b>log4p</b></a></dt>
 	<dd>Another Python translation of log4j. This project no
 	longer seems to be maintained.</dd>

 	<!-- =========================================================================== -->

 	<dt><a href="http://log4plsql.sourceforge.net/"><b>log4plsql</b></a></dt>

 	<dd>Log4plsql is a Oracle PL/SQL logging module similar to
 	log4j. It supports logging out-off transaction. It is useful
 	for logging, benchmarking and monitoring PL/SQL applications.
 	</dd>

 	<!-- =========================================================================== -->

 	<dt><a
 	href="http://log4r.sourceforge.net"><b>log4r</b></a></dt>
 	<dd>A Powerful Logger for Ruby.
 	  <p>Log4r features an extremely flexible logging library for
 	    Ruby. Killer features include a heiarchial logging system
 	    of any number of levels, logger inheritance, multiple
 	    output destinations, tracing, custom formatting and more.
 	    Log4r was inspired by log4j. Log4r provides the defining
 	    features of log4j and some of its own features that just
 	    might make log4j users envious.</p>
 	</dd>

 	<!-- =========================================================================== -->
       </dl>


       <p>If you would like your software to be listed here, then send a note to the <a
 	  href="mailto:log4j-user@jakarta.apache.org">log4j-user@jakarta.apache.org</a>
 	list.</p>

     </section>

   </body>
 </document>
	<?xml version="1.0"?>
	<document>

	<properties>
	<author email="ceki@apache.org">Ceki Gulcu</author>
	<title>Download</title>
	</properties>

	<meta name="keywords" content="java, logging, tracing, component, framework, API, log4j"/>
	<body>

	<section name="log4j version 1.2.1">
	<p>log4j 1.2.1 is now available in <a
	href="../jakarta-log4j-1.2.1.tar.gz"><b>TAR.GZ</b></a> format
	or in <a href="../jakarta-log4j-1.2.1.zip"><b>ZIP</b></a>
	format.
	</p>

	<p>This minor release fixes bug #9155 reported by Nicko
	Cadell. With the exception of this bug fix and some
	documentation improvements, it is identical to log4j 1.2
	final.
	</p>

	<p>In addition to many performance improvements, bug fixes, and
	other small enhancements, log4j 1.2 adds JMX support, Mapped
	Diagnostic Contexts, JDBC logging, graphical log viewer
	(chainsaw), and buffered IO capability. One important change
	is the replacement of the <code>Category</code> class with
	<code>Logger</code> class and the <code>Priority</code> class
	with the <code>Level</code> class in order to facilitate
	migrating from the JDK 1.4 logging API to log4j. <a
	href="http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-05-2001/jw-0504-finalists.html"><img
	src="images/ecaward_finalist_logo.gif" align="right"
	border="0"/></a>
	</p>

	<p>Version 1.2 is the 22nd major public release of log4j. All
	changes except the removal of deprecated methods are backward
	compatible such that log4j 1.2 can be considered a drop in
	replacement for log4j 1.1.3. The only exception is the
	renaming of the <code>CategoryFactory</code> class to
	<code>LoggerFactory</code> class such that subclasses of
	<code>Category</code> class to be modified and recompiled. By
	the way, we strongly discourage casual users from subclassing
	the <code>Category</code> or <code>Logger</code> classes.
	</p>

	<p>We also maintain a list of <a href="earlier.html">earlier
	versions</a> of log4j for download, intended for the curious
	paleontologist.
	</p>


	</section>


	<section name="Third-party extensions (listed in alphabetical order)">

	<dl>

	<!-- ============================================================================== -->

	<dt><a
	href="http://logui.sourceforge.net/"><b>Chainsaw</b></a></dt>
	<dd><b>Chainsaw is now integrated with log4j and ships with
	the official distribution.</b> Chainsaw is a graphical log
	viewer and filter for the log4j package. It listens for <a
	href="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/docs/api/org/apache/log4j/spi/LoggingEvent.html">LoggingEvent</a>
	objects sent using the <a
	href="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/docs/api/org/apache/log4j/net/SocketAppender.html">SocketAppender</a>
	and displays them in a table. Chainsaw also supports loading
	events from files in <code>XMLLayout</code> format.
	</dd>

	<!-- ============================================================================== -->

	<dt><a href="http://www.japhy.de/configLog4j"><b>configLog4j</b></a></dt>

	<dd>A graphical log4j configuration editor by Tobias
	Dezulian.</dd>

	<!-- ============================================================================== -->

	<dt>
	<a
	href="http://support.klopotek.de/log4j/jdbc/index.html"><b>JDBCAppender</b></a>

	</dt> <dd>A <code>JDBCAppender</code> by <a
	href="mailto:t.fenner@klopotek.de">Thomas Fenner</a>. Note
	that log4j 1.2 ships with another <code>JDBCAppender</code>
	written by Kevin Steppe.
	</dd>

	<!-- ============================================================================== -->

	<dt><a
	href="http://developer.jini.org/exchange/projects/log"><b>JINI
	logging service</b></a> (registration required)</dt>

	<dd>A log4j wrapper for JINI by Jerome Bernard.</dd>

	<!-- ============================================================================== -->

	<dt><a href="http://qos.ch/"><b>log4j<em>ME</em></b></a></dt>

	<dd>Log4j<em>ME</em>, or log4j MiniEdition, is based on the
	same code as log4j. However, as the name indicates the
	mini-edition is much smaller. It offers the same client
	interface such that code compiled for log4jME is 100%
	compatible with log4j standard edition. You can choose to
	upgrade to log4j standard edition at any time by replacing
	<em>log4jME.jar</em> with <em>log4j.jar</em> in your
	classpath.
	</dd>

	<!-- ============================================================================== -->

	<dt><a href="http://www.launchsoftware.com"><b>LogWeb</b></a> (commercial) </dt>

	<dd>Log4Web is a J2EE web application, designed to web-enable
	system log files that have been generated by log4j.
	</dd>

	<!-- ============================================================================== -->

	<dt><a
	href="http://traxel.com/lumbermill/"><b>Lumbermill</b></a></dt>
	<dd>Lumbermill is a Swing(tm) log processing and distribution
	system for Log4j. </dd>

	<!-- ============================================================================== -->

	<dt>
	<a
	href="http://www.servidium.com/site/logfactor5/index.html"><b>LogFactor5</b>
	</a>(commercial)
	</dt>

	<dd>Another full-featured graphical log viewer. After a merger
	with a service-orinted company and a change in
	business-orientation, the owners of LogFactor5 have decided
	to donate their product to the log4j project.
	</dd>

	<!-- ============================================================================== -->

	<dt><a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/taglibs/doc/log-doc/intro.html">
	<b>Log Tag</b></a>
	</dt>
	<dd>A custom log tag library from the <a
	href="http://jakarta.apache.org/taglibs/index.html">Jakarta
	Taglibs</a> project.</dd>

	<!-- =========================================================================== -->

	<dt><a href="http://www.m2technologies.net/asp/snmpTrapAppender.asp">
	<b>SNMPTrapAppender</b></a>
	</dt>

	<dd>An appender to send formatted logging event strings to a
	specified managment host (typically, a MLM of some sort, but
	could also be an SNMP management console) in the form of an
	SNMP trap.
	</dd>

	<!-- =========================================================================== -->

	</dl>
	</section>

	<section name="Ports to other languages">

	<dl>
	<!-- =========================================================================== -->
	<dt><a
	href="http://log4c.sourceforge.net"><b>log4c</b></a></dt>

	<dd>ANSI C functions and macros for flexible logging to files
	and other destinations. It is modeled after log4j. It follows
	the log4j API within the limits of reason. Intended for use in time-space
	critical environments.</dd>

	<!-- =========================================================================== -->

	<dt><a
	href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/log4cpp/"><b>log4cpp</b></a></dt>
	<dd>A library of C++ classes for flexible logging to files,
	syslog, IDSA and other destinations modeled after log4j.</dd>

	<!-- ========================================================================== -->

	<dt><a
	href="http://log4cplus.sourceforge.net/"><b>log4cplus</b></a></dt>
	<dd>A competing port to C++.</dd>

	<!-- =========================================================================== -->

	<dt><a
	href="http://goanna.sourceforge.net/"><b>log4E</b></a></dt>

	<dd>The Goanna project (Eiffel Web Services) now includes
	log4E, a complete port of log4j.
	</dd>

	<!-- =========================================================================== -->

	<dt><a
	href="http://www.neoworks.com/products/log4net/"><b>log4net</b></a></dt>

	<dd>The .NET implementation of the popular log4j Java API
	providing flexible and arbitrarily granular control over log
	management and configuration.</dd>

	<!-- =========================================================================== -->
	<dt><a
	href="http://www.its4you.at/log4py.php"><b>log4py</b></a></dt>

	<dd>Log4Py is a python logging module similar to log4j. It
	supports logging to files or to stdout/stderr, variable
	log-levels, configurable output formats and configuration via
	configuration files.
	</dd>

	<!-- =========================================================================== -->

	<dt><a
	href="http://log4p.sourceforge.net"><b>log4p</b></a></dt>
	<dd>Another Python translation of log4j. This project no
	longer seems to be maintained.</dd>

	<!-- =========================================================================== -->

	<dt><a href="http://log4plsql.sourceforge.net/"><b>log4plsql</b></a></dt>

	<dd>Log4plsql is a Oracle PL/SQL logging module similar to
	log4j. It supports logging out-off transaction. It is useful
	for logging, benchmarking and monitoring PL/SQL applications.
	</dd>

	<!-- =========================================================================== -->

	<dt><a
	href="http://log4r.sourceforge.net"><b>log4r</b></a></dt>
	<dd>A Powerful Logger for Ruby.
	<p>Log4r features an extremely flexible logging library for
	Ruby. Killer features include a heiarchial logging system
	of any number of levels, logger inheritance, multiple
	output destinations, tracing, custom formatting and more.
	Log4r was inspired by log4j. Log4r provides the defining
	features of log4j and some of its own features that just
	might make log4j users envious.</p>
	</dd>

	<!-- =========================================================================== -->
	</dl>


	<p>If you would like your software to be listed here, then send a note to the <a
	href="mailto:log4j-user@jakarta.apache.org">log4j-user@jakarta.apache.org</a>
	list.</p>

	</section>

	</body>
	</document>