Project Lombok - Logging @Slf4j Annotation Example

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In this post, I will show you how to reduce boilerplate code while logging in Java applications using Project Lombok @Slf4j annotation with an example.

Project Lombok Maven

1. Create a simple maven project using - How to Create a Simple Maven Project in Eclipse article.
2. Add the below dependency in your maven project pom.xml file:

<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.projectlombok/lombok -->
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
    <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
    <version>1.18.4</version>
    <scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>

Adding the Lombok Plugin in IDE (Eclipse)

Follow below steps to install Lombok in eclipse for Windows:

• Downloaded jar from https://projectlombok.org/download or use the jar which is downloaded from your maven build.
• Execute command in terminal: java -jar lombok.jar
• This command will open window as shown in the picture below, install and quit the installer and restart eclipse.
  

Without Project Lombok

Let's write a source code without using Project Lombok:

package net.javaguides.lombok.logging;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

import net.javaguides.lombok.User;

public class UserService {
    public static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(UserService.class);

    public void saveUser() {
        LOGGER.debug("inside saveUser() method");
    }

    public void updateUser() {
        LOGGER.debug("inside updateUser() method");
    }

    public User findUser(long id) {
        LOGGER.debug("inside findUser() method");
        LOGGER.info(new Long(id).toString());
        return null;
    }

    public void deleteUser(long id) {
        LOGGER.debug("inside deleteUser() method");
        LOGGER.info(new Long(id).toString());
    }
}

With Project Lombok

Let's re-write above code using Project Lombok @Slf4j annotation:

package net.javaguides.lombok.logging;

import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
import net.javaguides.lombok.User;

@Slf4j
public class UserServiceLombok {

    public void saveUser() {
        log.debug("inside saveUser() method");
    }

    public void updateUser() {
        log.debug("inside updateUser() method");
    }

    public User findUser(long id) {
        log.debug("inside findUser() method");
        log.info(new Long(id).toString());
        return null;
    }

    public void deleteUser(long id) {
        log.debug("inside deleteUser() method");
        log.info(new Long(id).toString());
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        UserServiceLombok userService = new UserServiceLombok();
        userService.saveUser();
        userService.updateUser();
        userService.deleteUser(100 L);
        userService.findUser(100 L);
    }
}

Below is some others annotation for other Logging frameworks:

• @CommonsLog: org.apache.commons.logging.Log
• @JBossLog: org.jboss.logging.Logger
• @Log: java.util.logging.Logger
• @Log4j: org.apache.log4j.Logger
• @Log4j2: org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger
• @XSlf4j: org.slf4j.ext.XLogger

Check out more examples at https://projectlombok.org/features/log

Reference

• https://projectlombok.org/features/log

GitHub Repository

You can view the source code of this article on my GitHub repository at https://github.com/RameshMF/project-lombok-tutorial

Related Project Lombok Articles

1. Project Lombok - @NonNull Annotation Example

2. Project Lombok - Getter, Setter and Constructor Example 

3. Project Lombok - toString(), equals() and hashCode() Method Example

4. Project Lombok - @Data Annotation Example
5. Project Lombok - Builder Pattern using @Builder Annotation

6. Project Lombok - Logging @Slf4j Annotation Example
7. Project Lombok - Automatic Resource Management using @Cleanup

8. Project Lombok - @Synchronized Annotation Example 

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