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Abap OO Logging

Former Member

‎2015 Mar 04 4:50 PM

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Currently I know of the bal_log_***** function FM and another logging class that utilizes the 'bal' FM called cl_sbal_logger.

Personally I don't think this is enough for a logging class. I would like to see abap do something similar to the java.util.logging package and the log4j package. Does anyone know if SAP has implemented something like this in abap already?

Currently I know of the bal_log_***** function FM and another logging class that utilizes the 'bal' FM called cl_sbal_logger.

Personally I don't think this is enough for a logging class. I would like to see abap do something similar to the java.util.logging package and the log4j package. Does anyone know if SAP has implemented something like this in abap already?

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rosenberg_eitan
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‎2015 Mar 04 6:09 PM

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Hi,

What is the functionality that you are missing from bal_log_***** in comparison with log4j  .

By the way there is Apache Log4j 2.2

Regards.

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Former Member
In response to rosenberg_eitan

‎2015 Mar 04 6:51 PM

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Honestly I can't think of anything specific to log4j. I was just wondering if there had been a similar implementation in abap. Log4j is more complex than the standard java logger and i'd settle for something that resembled the standard java logger.

Maybe I should ask the question back, what log4j functionality would you suggest could be valuable to an abap implementation of a logger?

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rosenberg_eitan
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In response to rosenberg_eitan

‎2015 Mar 05 6:05 AM

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Hi,

Implementing java.util.logging.Level would be helpful so we can use setFilter (for debugging etc.)

By the way thanks for mentioning CL_SBAL_LOGGER I was not aware of its existence .

Regards .

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Former Member
In response to rosenberg_eitan

‎2015 Mar 05 5:41 PM

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The cl_sbal_logger is nice, wish it had a method for just logging strings but that's what subclasses are for.

The package SZAL contains all the BAL function modules, which i didn't know existed till yesterday. Check there if the cl_sbal_logger doesn't provide enough functionality.

Set filter for debugging, interesting, i'll look into that.

Cheers Eitan, and thank you for the idea.

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Former Member

‎2015 Mar 04 9:37 PM

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For logging one could use also the ABAP statement LOG-POINT ID. But I'm not sure I'm not sure if you can get more value of it when comparing to slg1.