Apache Commons Logging is a reliable program for Windows that provides an ultra-thin bridge between different data recording components. For example, a library that relies on this API may be used straightaway, without any additional modifications at runtime. The software features support for a considerable number of popular logging implementations, as well as for writing adapters for others.

Principle of operation

Applications are capable of utilizing commons-logging. While the implementation independence is not as important for apps as it is for libraries, using this official Apache distribution does allow the project to change to a different one without recompiling code. In order to accomplish this you still need to use third-party IDE utilities, such as DevExpress, Visual Studio, IntelliJ IDEA or NetBeans.

Additional notes

Please note that commons-logging does not attempt to initialize or terminate the underlying implementation that is used at runtime. However, a great deal of other developments do automatically start themselves. In such cases an application may be able to avoid containing code that is specific to the logging implementation.

Features

free to download and use;
compatible with modern Windows versions;
provides a set of tools for communicating between apps;
it is possible to modify the project without recompiling code;
you can utilize other popular logging implementations.