Java assert for logging?

[Mani Venkatesan]

Suppose I have this:

I call a logging API from within an assert expression like so:
assert(log("My message")) ;

where the logging API is
boolean log(String message);

Now I can disable logging (by disabling assert) and also selectively enable/disable logging for certain classes by using the assert functionality.

Do you see any problem with this? If there is none, I would like to this method instead of using a "heavy" logging framework.

Thanks
Mani