Java Gnutar Logging

By default Java Gnutar uses standard java.util.logging (JUL). This is to namely decrease jar dependencies and to keep the library as lean as possible.

We've received many requests to have certain logging libraries incorporated (eg: sl4j, log4j, etc), so here's a quick example of how to redirect Java Gnutar's logging statements to sl4j:

First step, add the dependency. Simply add the sl4j jar's to your project, ant files, etc. Here's an example Maven POM file: <dependency> <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId> <artifactId>jul-to-slf4j</artifactId> <version>1.6.1</version> </dependency>

Second step, call the install handler in your main or on startup: SLF4JBridgeHandler.install();

That's it. All JUL statements should now be fed into sl4j.