Swift 4.0 and LogMessages

Released on 2017-08-30. All issues associated with this milestone can be found using this filter.

Added

• Support for structured messages and simplified Logger setup.
  • Added by Dave Camp in Pull Request #28.
• New package file for Willow to support the Swift Package Manager.
  • Added by Christian Noon in Pull Request #31.

Updated

• The Xcode project and source code to Swift 4.0.
  • Updated by Dave Camp in Pull Request #28.
• The log level enabled check to run prior to acquiring the lock or async dispatch queue resulting in a small performance gain.
  • Updated by Dave Camp in Pull Request #28.
• The example frameworks to not have a default logger instance.
  • Updated by Dave Camp in Pull Request #28.
• The example app configuration logic to match the new APIs.
  • Updated by Dave Camp in Pull Request #28.
• The LogMessageWriter protocol by splitting it into two new protocols: LogWriter and LogModifierWriter. The former is a basic writer. The latter is a writer that also accepts an array of modifiers to apply to incoming messages.
  • Updated by Dave Camp in Pull Request #28.
• Example frameworks to show intended usage of the new LogMessage APIs.
  • Updated by Dave Camp in Pull Request #28.

Removed

• LoggerConfiguration entirely. Logger construction now takes a log level, writers array, and execution method which greatly simplifies setup and usage.
  • Removed by Dave Camp in Pull Request #28.