Why is JDK’s Logging API considered so poor? What do we gain by using third party logging APIs such as Apache Log4j?
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Why is JDK’s Logging API considered so poor? What do we gain by using third party logging APIs such as Apache Log4j?
For most cases java.util.Logging is just fine. Most 3rd party logging packages were developed before the Standard API had any logging.