Java logging or logging in java is as much an art as science. knowing write tools and API for java logging is definitely science part but choosing format of java logs , format of messages, what to log in java , which logging level to use for which kind of messages are purely an experienced based things and sort of art which you learn by applying logging in java. Since its proven fact that java logging severely affects performance and I have seen latency of online stock trading application goes multiple times if they run in DEBUG mode than in WARN or higher level mode. Since latency and speed is major concern for any electronic trading system or high volume low latency stock trading system, it becomes absolutely necessary to understand and learn java logging in great details and best practices and tips available on logging in java. This is not just for finance and investment banking domain but also to any java server or client application which requires speed and java logging at same time.
This Java logging tutorial is in continuation of my article How HashMap works in Java and difference between HashMap and Hashtable in Java , How Garbage collection works in Java and How Synchronization works in Java if you haven’t read already you may find some useful information based on my experience in Java .
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This Java logging tutorial is in continuation of my article How HashMap works in Java and difference between HashMap and Hashtable in Java , How Garbage collection works in Java and How Synchronization works in Java if you haven’t read already you may find some useful information based on my experience in Java .
