startup time public void start() { ... log.info("MyComponent started"); ... } // Called once at shutdown time public void stop() { ... log.info("MyComponent stopped"); ... } // Called repeatedly to process a particular argument value // which you want logged if debugging is enabled public void process(String value) { ... // Do the string concatenation only if logging is enabled if (log.isDebugEnabled()) log.debug("MyComponent processing " + value); ... } } META-INF/LICENSE.txt Apache License Version...