Which one is the best log4cpp, log4cplus or log4cxx ?

[Quidny]

Hi,

This is a question pertaining to C++, so it seems to me to be on-topic here. If not, I apologize, and would ask which of these forums would be the correct one to used instead.

I haven’t been able to find a good answer to this and hope someone here who has experience can help me. I have researched the web and sites like this, and have not yet found anything to be of any real use.

I want to use a C++ version of log4j, but there are more than one of them. For example, the Apache log4j website (http://logging.apache.org/log4j/docs/download.html) includes a list of a number of “ports” of log4j: log4cxx, log4c, log4cpp, etc. There is no clear direction provided as to the best one to use, however.

My guess at this point, based on the research I have done, is that log4cxx may be the one to use, for the following reasons:
1. Appears not to be an inactive project.
2. Seems to be the only one compatible with log4j

If anyone can help me with this I would very much appreciate it.

Thank you.

[sicarie]

I would say use whichever you are most comfortable with (of course, the 'existing' qualification will help too...), but there are things out there that are built to parse through logs, so I would recommend using whichever seems easiest/best to implement to you.

[Quidny]

Thanks for the response.

Of the candidates, it looks like only log4cxx is compatible with log4j. Is this true?

[Quidny]

No response? Ok, how about this question...

In the wikipedia entry for log4j (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Log4j), some C/C++ candidates are listed. They have "outdated" by them, except for log4cxx.

Also, when the wikipedia history is examined, it turns out that at one point even log4cxx was labeled as outdated, and someone changed it but wasn't sure.

So the question is, of the candidates, which is the least outdated?

[sicarie]

No response? Ok, how about this question...

In the wikipedia entry for log4j (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Log4j), some C/C++ candidates are listed. They have "outdated" by them, except for log4cxx.

Also, when the wikipedia history is examined, it turns out that at one point even log4cxx was labeled as outdated, and someone changed it but wasn't sure.

So the question is, of the candidates, which is the least outdated?

Well, it seems to me you have your answer there in log4cxx. As shown by the responses to your other posts, I'm not sure there is too much experience in here with any of those programs, so please post back about your experience in implementing your choice!