Seam Log logger and quirky pound format specifier

[mckibben]

I was wondering why the format for the seam Log logger doesn't use String.format(). It would be nice to use the handy format specifiers for time values, etc. that String.format supports.

I could work on a patch if this would be useful.

Thanks, 

[pmuir]

What is your proposed syntax?

[mckibben]

The format would be the same as supported by java.lang.String.format() (see javadocs).

Ideally, you would just use java.lang.String.format() to format the message. The only tricky part is handling el-style expressions, perhaps by first expanding the el-style expressions, then passing the result to String.format().

[pmuir]

Looks good - create a JIRA reuqest and attach your patch!

Bear in mind we need to maintain backward compatibility - this should be an extra.