Hi,

As discussed here https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/WBRI-290, we would like to switch to slf4j as our logger (it offers a logging facade, supports MDC/NDC and parameter replacement).

However, as Takeshi highlights here https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/WBRI-214 , a needed feature is explicit i8n support, and it sounds like Ceki would be happy to accept a contribution for this directly to the slf4j.

Perhaps, to get started, we should discuss the overall design and aims. In the linked issue, Takeshi adds three features in the patch:

- ability to localize a message by providing a resource bundle, which has the same name as the class using the logger (the declaring class) - the ability to log an enum value (rather than using a static to hold the message/key) - the ability to associate the level at which to log with the message with the enum (via an annotation) rather than in the call from the declaring class

(Takeshi, correct me if this is incorrect). I think we can probably separate these features out when discussing.

I think we would also need:

- ability to specify the resource bundle to use when getting the logger - ability to use statics fields or just a string id embedded in call to logger

But I'm sure others have given this more thought than me!