Using a different logging implementation

In this final recipe about logging, we will learn how to use a different logging implementation. In the earlier version of JBoss AS, you could have relied on the java.util.logging (also JUL) or the log4j implementation. WildFly relies on the JUL logging implementation.

Getting ready

To manage which logging implementation you can use, WildFly gives you a couple of attributes.

The first one is named add-logging-api-dependencies, which can be set to true (default value) or to false. When it's true, the WildFly logging default implementation is automatically added to all deployments.

The other attribute is named use-deployment-logging-config, which can be set to true (default value) or to false. When set to true ...

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