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feat: logging requirements and logging hook (#269)
As discussed in recent meetings, we've had complaints about this from
multiple sources. This PR adds a stipulation that no logging is done by
the SDK during flag evaluation. It also defines a very simple `logging
hook` concept as an included utility. These should be very simple to
write and will provide all the needed logging but give authors more
control than built in log statements. It will also be a very nice intro
to the hooks concept for users.
Here's the Java implementation:
open-feature/java-sdk#1084
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Signed-off-by: Todd Baert <[email protected]>
> The evaluation context **SHOULD** only be logged if an associated option indicates so.
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The can be a constructor option or similar, for example: `boolean printContext`.
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> If logging the evaluation context is enabled, it **MUST** be printed in such a way that it's human readable.
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> If the logger abstraction in the SDK supports a log level concept, the appropriate log level **SHOULD** be used for each stage (before/after: info, error: error).
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#### Requirement 1.4.11
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> In the case of abnormal execution, the client **SHOULD** log an informative error message.
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> Methods, functions, or operations on the client **SHOULD NOT**write log messages.
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Implementations may define a standard logging interface that can be supplied as an optional argument to the client creation function, which may wrap standard logging functionality of the implementation language.
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The client methods (particularly the evaluation methods) run in hot code paths.
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Logging (even at error level) can cause a huge volume of log entries.
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For example, in a circumstance in which an application expecting a particular flag to exist is deployed in advance of that flag's being defined in the management system, logs can become inundated with `FLAG_NOT_FOUND` messages and related stack traces.
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Logging in these code paths is highly discouraged.
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Application authors can attach a [logging hook](../appendix-a-included-utilities.md#logging-hook) or author their own custom logging hook(s) to help with debugging or satisfy their particular logging needs.
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Logging is encouraged in functions to do with configuration, initialization, shutdown, etc.
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