RFR 2: JDK-8005263: Logging APIs takes Supplier<String> for message

[Jason Mehrens]

Henry, For point 1 yes.  Not just me, even NetBeans considers it an anti-pattern.  Supplier return values should be placed in the LogRecord.setParameters method.  The 'msg' argument, if present, should always be string.  Using the patch I just described, it would allow callers to write the same code as in your testcase and see the same formatted output.  All of the existing features of the logging framework would be usable out of the box should the caller choose to opt in and used them.  Under the current patch there is no way to opt in because it only encourages the anti-pattern.  All parties involved benefit if we switch this around.  I could create a prototype from your patch if need be. For point 2, it is way off track and is not the point I was trying to make.  The short answer is that point 1 could be evolved even further. Respectfully, Jason> Subject: Re: RFR 2: JDK-8005263: Logging APIs takes Supplier<String> for message
> From: henry.jen at oracle.com
> Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 16:11:02 -0800
> CC: brian.goetz at oracle.com; lambda-dev at openjdk.java.net; core-libs-dev at openjdk.java.net
> To: jason_mehrens at hotmail.com
> 
> Jason,
> 
> If I understand you correctly, there are two main concerns,
> 
> 1. You want to encourage MessageFormat style logging, consider the other way is an anti-pattern.
> 2. The construction of message could be further eliminated when a filter is involved.