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Logging Application Events
Logging is critical for monitoring. SLF4J is the standard interface in Spring Boot, allowing you to output structured messages instead of using simple print statements.
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import org.slf4j.Logger;import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;@Componentpublic class TaskLogger {private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TaskLogger.class);public void info(String msg) {log.info("LOG: {}", msg);}}
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LoggerFactory.getLogger(...)
Initializes a logger instance tied to this specific class.
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log.info(...)
Outputs a message at the INFO level, which is standard for progress tracking.