Add a NetworkClient interface that provides access to:
- The socket address
- The protocol version
- The virtual host (the hostname/port the client used to connect
to the server)
Essentials uses a custom logger name ("Essentials") instead of the
plugin logger. Log messages are redirected to the plugin logger by
setting the parent of the "Essentials" logger to the plugin logger.
With our changes, the plugin logger is now also called "Essentials",
resulting in an infinite loop. Make sure plugins can't change the
parent of the plugin logger to avoid this.
Currently, plugin prefixes are prepended to the log message in
the PluginLogger before passing the message to the underlying
logging framework. This is bad design because they need to be
stripped manually when using custom appenders to log messages
in a different format.
Additionally, it makes integration of alternative logging APIs hard
because all logging must go through the PluginLogger. Avoid using
PluginLogger and create a regular logger using the plugin name.
The implementation should handle plugin prefixes by displaying
logger names when appropriate.
SLF4J is a commonly used abstraction for various logging frameworks
such as java.util.logging (JUL) or Log4j. Currently, plugins are
required to do all their logging using the provided JUL logger.
This is annoying for plugins that target multiple platforms or when
using libraries that log messages using SLF4J.
Expose SLF4J as optional logging API for plugins, so they can use
it without having to shade it in the plugin and going through
several layers of logging abstraction.
Minecrell