Re: [eclipse-dev] Logging in Eclipse IDE plug-ins without activator?

[Lars Vogel <lars.vogel@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks to Christoph Läubrich for answering in the bug.

For reference here is his example for using a log statement:

public class SampleHandler extends AbstractHandler {

  private static final Bundle BUNDLE =
FrameworkUtil.getBundle(SampleHandler.class);
  private static final ILog LOGGER = Platform.getLog(BUNDLE);

  @Override
  public Object execute(ExecutionEvent event) throws ExecutionException {
    IWorkbenchWindow window =
HandlerUtil.getActiveWorkbenchWindowChecked(event);
    MessageDialog.openInformation(
        window.getShell(),
        "Dsa",
        "Hello, Eclipse world");
    LOGGER.log(new Status(IStatus.INFO, BUNDLE.getSymbolicName(),
"Logging is possible without activator!"));
    return null;
  }
}

On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 1:57 PM Lars Vogel <lars.vogel@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> what is the recommended way of logging in an Eclipse IDE plug-in these
> days if a plug-in does not have an activator?
>
> I see several implementations in our platform code:
>
> * AbstractUIPlugin#getLog
> * Activator.getDefault().getLogService()
> * InternalPlatform.log
> * org.eclipse.e4.core.services.log.Logger (e4 services)
> * org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable has a Policy class for logging
> * RuntimeLog.log
>
> https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=502360 had a length
> discussion but no resolution as far as I can tell no preferred way
> emerged from this discussion.
>
> Thomas Watson mentioned that the OSGi LogService has been reworked,
> see https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=502360#c24. Is using
> this service now the best way to log in plug-in code?
>
> Best regards, Lars
>
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