This is a well understood problem and I think the design pattern SLF4J uses has become quite popular.
The ability to allow consumers to bind at runtime the implementation they want by providing an api jar is kind of a neat idea.
The thing I dislike the most is when libraries force me to use their logging runtime. If they need it just for tests they should add the 'test' scope and just use the 'api' jar as a 'compile' dependency.
The ability to allow consumers to bind at runtime the implementation they want by providing an api jar is kind of a neat idea.
The thing I dislike the most is when libraries force me to use their logging runtime. If they need it just for tests they should add the 'test' scope and just use the 'api' jar as a 'compile' dependency.