It is not possible to specify a log level in sjf4j 1.x out of the box. But there is hope for slf4j 2.0 to fix the issue. In 2.0 it might look like this:
// POTENTIAL 2.0 SOLUTION
import org.slf4j.helpers.Util;
import static org.slf4j.spi.LocationAwareLogger.*;
// does not work with slf4j 1.x
Util.log(logger, DEBUG_INT, "hello world!");
In the meanwhile, for slf4j 1.x, you can use this workaround:
Copy this class into your classpath:
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import java.util.function.Function;
public enum LogLevel {
TRACE(l -> l::trace, Logger::isTraceEnabled),
DEBUG(l -> l::debug, Logger::isDebugEnabled),
INFO(l -> l::info, Logger::isInfoEnabled),
WARN(l -> l::warn, Logger::isWarnEnabled),
ERROR(l -> l::error, Logger::isErrorEnabled);
interface LogMethod {
void log(String format, Object... arguments);
}
private final Function<Logger, LogMethod> logMethod;
private final Function<Logger, Boolean> isEnabledMethod;
LogLevel(Function<Logger, LogMethod> logMethod, Function<Logger, Boolean> isEnabledMethod) {
this.logMethod = logMethod;
this.isEnabledMethod = isEnabledMethod;
}
public LogMethod prepare(Logger logger) {
return logMethod.apply(logger);
}
public boolean isEnabled(Logger logger) {
return isEnabledMethod.apply(logger);
}
}
Then you can use it like this:
Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Application.class);
LogLevel level = LogLevel.ERROR;
level.prepare(logger).log("It works!"); // just message, without parameter
level.prepare(logger).log("Hello {}!", "world"); // with slf4j's parameter replacing
try {
throw new RuntimeException("Oops");
} catch (Throwable t) {
level.prepare(logger).log("Exception", t);
}
if (level.isEnabled(logger)) {
level.prepare(logger).log("logging is enabled");
}
This will output a log like this:
[main] ERROR Application - It works!
[main] ERROR Application - Hello world!
[main] ERROR Application - Exception
java.lang.RuntimeException: Oops
at Application.main(Application.java:14)
[main] ERROR Application - logging is enabled
Is it worth it?
- Pro It keeps the source code location (class names, method names, line numbers will point to your code)
- Pro You can easily define variables, parameters and return types as
LogLevel
- Pro Your business code stays short and easy to read, and no additional dependencies required.
The source code as minimal example is hosted on GitHub.
