Re: Network logging for Java desktop application

Frank,

I recommend log4j, it's simple, flexible and powerful.

With log4j, you could use a SocketAppender:
http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/apidocs/org/apache/log4j/net/SocketAppender.html

In this case, you would have to implement a Java application in the
server, in order to receive the serialized LoggingEvents and log them
locally the way you want.

Still with log4j, perhaps a more robust solution would be to send logs
to a JMS server (if you are familiar with JMS):
http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/apidocs/org/apache/log4j/net/JMSAppender.html


Vitor


Frank Harper escreveu:
> I have a java desktop application that is installed locally on users
> machines via Java Web Start, and would like to centralize the logging to
> facilitate diagnosing bugs.
>
> The app uses the standard java logging framework that comes with J2SE.
> Apparently with this logging framework the standard way to do network
> logging is to use java.util.logging.SocketHandler. I couldn't find any
> complete examples on the Web, and the documentation is completely mute about
> what should be running on the server side to collect the information sent by
> SocketHandler.
>
> So, have any of you done network logging in Java, and what software did you
> use? Did you use J2SE+SocketHandler, classic unix syslog, Log4J, or
> something better/different? And in particular what software did you run on
> the log server?
>
> Thanks
>   Frank
>
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