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Log4j Vs Log4j2

Log4j1 was the most popular Java logging framework until 2015, when its end of life was announced. It was highly configurable and provided flexibility in logging outputs and formats. Log4j2 emerged as an improved version as Log4j1 became incompatible with newer Java versions. Log4j2 has additional features like SLF4j support, automatic configuration reloading, advanced filtering, and configuration through multiple formats. It also executes locks at a lower level to prevent deadlocks and has active community support.

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Log4j Vs Log4j2

Log4j1 was the most popular Java logging framework until 2015, when its end of life was announced. It was highly configurable and provided flexibility in logging outputs and formats. Log4j2 emerged as an improved version as Log4j1 became incompatible with newer Java versions. Log4j2 has additional features like SLF4j support, automatic configuration reloading, advanced filtering, and configuration through multiple formats. It also executes locks at a lower level to prevent deadlocks and has active community support.

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Log4j vs Log4j2

Log4j1 is the open-source logging framework that provides fast logging capabilities
for Java applications. It was the most popular Java logging framework until its end of
life was announced in 2015. Log4j1 was highly configurable, letting you define the
logging behavior at run time and directly log the outputs to various destinations like
console, file and databases. It also provided great flexibility to logging by allowing
control of the log format and log level of each output.

But as applications evolved, it became incompatible with old versions of Java and
Log4j2 emerged as its better version. Log4j2 comes with many features that Log4j1
didn’t have.

 Native support for SLF4j


 Automatic reloading of logging configuration
 Advanced filtering
 Support for lambda expressions evaluation
 Support for low latency systems
 Option to disable garbage collector

Similarly, Log4j1 only supported configuration files in properties and XML formats,
while Log4j2 supports configuration through XML, JSON, YAML, and configuration
files/programmatic actions. In comparison to Log4j1, Log4j2 has active community
support. Log4j2 also executes locks at the lowest layer, which helps solve the deadlock
problem.

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