LogBox Release Notes

Version 1.6

coldbox-1128 Do convenience methods for log checks: canDebug(), canInfo(), etc.
coldbox-1129 Better documentation on logging classes and levels
coldbox-1139 Enhance the logEvent class to have a better serialization schema for extraInfo, it can use convention $toString() and json
coldbox-1147 LogBox category parsing needs a length check when the category sent is blank
coldbox-1154 performance tuning

1108 db appender failure when declaring a columnMap, instance.columns not defined New
1059 implicit logging levels are not changing on max level only but both, misconceptions Fixed
1062 added concatenation possibilities to all programamtic configuration methods, so you can concatenate them jquery style

1006 Fixes to DSL when doing appender affinity, not converting log levels to numeric Fixed
1007 logLevels isLevelValid not assuring a valid level wrong boolean operation Fixed
1008 appender() not doing level checks Fixed
1009 refactoring the log levels argument types to consolidate them at the three input methods thanks to brad wood Fixed
1010 Appender registration an init() not registering the log levels correctly Fixed
1011 refactor logger and appender to verify logging levels sent via init() Fixed
1032 Update the ensurance of datasources and let CF throw exception instead
1054 Creation of XML schema for LogBox Fixed

Varscoping issue for DBAppender
Varscoping issue for Logger object
fix for category inheritance issues on locateCategoryParentLogger thanks to Sean Corfield
fixes when declaring appenders and * appenders on XML declarations
Add the ability to configure levels of logging on Appenders as a last line of granularity (some nice candy)

Added some new methods: resetAppenders(), resetCategories and resetRoot() to reset some configurations.
Fixes on appender declarations and layouts
Addition of the LogBox DSL to coldbox configuration files
Ability to configure LogBox via a simple CFC with a simple configure() and a logBox variable

890 add all appenders to a logbox category by default even from coldbox apps
891 category definitions should allow the * for appenders when definining them, instead of listing them
907 Async Appenders need way to distinguish between threading and not
910 LogBox standalone is now refactored to work under the logbox namespace
941 new properties for EmailAppender: useTLS and useSSL