Logging in Custom OAF Pages

Logging in Custom OAF Pages

We have often felt for years simple SOP (System.out.Println) is the best way of debugging in java/j2ee applications. I have the evil habit.. of putting lots of SOPs while writing code for OAF or ADF or simple j2ee applications. I generally create a method with sop in it eg:

private void putLogMsg(Object o)
{
System.out.println(o);
}

and call it with the code wherever required. The benefit is at the point of deployment of code, i just need to change this method from sop to writeDiagnostics().

private void putLogMsg(Object o)
{
pageContext.writeDiagnostics(this,o,OAFwkConstants.STATEMENT);
}

We should try not to put any SOPs in the deployed OAF/ADF code as it is can impact the performance.