[DOCS] Document logging API dependencies

[dbwiddis]

Is your feature request related to a problem?

SDK has transitive dependencies on multiple logging APIs:

• The OpenSearch Settings class (at least) requires a Log4J class
• The Apache HTTP Client SSL classes require an SLF4J class

It is therefore not possible for us to exclude either logging API in our build. This can be confusing to downstream users, particularly when they see log4j usage in our codebase, but on command line are always greeted with this lovely prefix:

SLF4J: No SLF4J providers were found.
SLF4J: Defaulting to no-operation (NOP) logger implementation
SLF4J: See https://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#noProviders for further details.

What solution would you like?

Downstream users of SDK should be aware of this constraint so that they can configure their logging appropriately. The developer guide should mention the above constraint and appropriate workarounds.

What alternatives have you considered?

Removing hard dependency on log4j2 API in OpenSearch. I'll probably propose that but it's not backwards compatible so it'll be a 3.x feature. At some point I'll audit the codebase to see if there are any others.

Do you have any additional context?

Relates to #824

[chandrakiranbolla1]

Hi @dbwiddis , I'm new to contributing to opensearch-sdk and would love to get involved. May I take this issue and start working on it?

[dbwiddis]

Hey @chandrakiranbolla1 thanks for your interest!

Unfortunately this repo has not been active for a long time, so contributing here likely won't help much. We're considering archiving this repository.

There are many other active opensearch repositories looking for contributors, perhaps I can help you find one?

[chandrakiranbolla1]

Yes, Please.