Logging in Scala

Question

What is a good way to do logging in a Scala application? Something that is consistent with the language philosophy, does not clutter the code, and is low-maintenance and uno

Answer 1

I pulled a bit of work form the Logging trait of scalax, and created a trait that also integrated a MessageFormat-based library.

Then stuff kind of looks like this:

class Foo extends Loggable {
    info( "Dude, I'm an {0} with {1,number,#}", "Log message", 1234 )
}

We like the approach so far.

Implementation:

trait Loggable {

    val logger:Logger = Logging.getLogger(this)

    def checkFormat(msg:String, refs:Seq[Any]):String =
        if (refs.size > 0) msgfmtSeq(msg, refs) else msg 

    def trace(msg:String, refs:Any*) = logger trace checkFormat(msg, refs)

    def trace(t:Throwable, msg:String, refs:Any*) = logger trace (checkFormat(msg, refs), t)

    def info(msg:String, refs:Any*) = logger info checkFormat(msg, refs)

    def info(t:Throwable, msg:String, refs:Any*) = logger info (checkFormat(msg, refs), t)

    def warn(msg:String, refs:Any*) = logger warn checkFormat(msg, refs)

    def warn(t:Throwable, msg:String, refs:Any*) = logger warn (checkFormat(msg, refs), t)

    def critical(msg:String, refs:Any*) = logger error checkFormat(msg, refs)

    def critical(t:Throwable, msg:String, refs:Any*) = logger error (checkFormat(msg, refs), t)

}

/**
 * Note: implementation taken from scalax.logging API
 */
object Logging {  

    def loggerNameForClass(className: String) = {  
        if (className endsWith "$") className.substring(0, className.length - 1)  
        else className  
    }  

    def getLogger(logging: AnyRef) = LoggerFactory.getLogger(loggerNameForClass(logging.getClass.getName))  
}