[news.eclipse.tools.hyades] simple, open workbench logging API a là c.i.

[Tom Roche <tlroche@xxxxxxxxxx>]

summary: Please point me toward an open "equivalent" to
c.i.e.logging.utils.MsgLogger for simple plugin-based logging and
tracing.

details:

I code plugins for Rational Developer. My group uses small convenience
classes extending com.ibm.etools.logging.utils.MsgLogger to do basic
logging and tracing, and I use it successfully. However I'm also
working on an (OSSC-blessed :-) open-source UI-testing project. I'd
like to have the ability do equally simple logging and tracing, but I
obviously don't there have access to c.i.e.*.

My impression is that MsgLogger is using Hyades under the hood: is
this correct? In any case, I'd like to know if there is one or more
open "equivalents" of MsgLogger to

· do simple logging of messages to plugin's log file (and console
  if desired)

· expose runtime tracing via Run>Run>Tracing.

If so, I'd also appreciate pointers to snippets, code that uses it,
etc. If possible, please reply to me (as well as the newsgroup), and
feel free to forward.