org.slf4j

Class LoggerFactory

java.lang.Object

org.slf4j.LoggerFactory

public final class LoggerFactory
extends Object

The LoggerFactory is a utility class producing Loggers for various logging APIs, most notably for log4j, logback and JDK 1.4 logging. Other implementations such as NOPLogger and SimpleLogger are also supported.

LoggerFactory is essentially a wrapper around an ILoggerFactory instance bound with LoggerFactory at compile time.

Please note that all methods in LoggerFactory are static.

Author:

Ceki Gülcü, Robert Elliot

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static ILoggerFactory	getILoggerFactory() Return the ILoggerFactory instance in use.
static Logger	getLogger(Class clazz) Return a logger named corresponding to the class passed as parameter, using the statically bound ILoggerFactory instance.
static Logger	getLogger(String name) Return a logger named according to the name parameter using the statically bound ILoggerFactory instance.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getLogger

public static Logger getLogger(String name)

Return a logger named according to the name parameter using the statically bound ILoggerFactory instance.

Parameters:

name - The name of the logger.

Returns:

logger

getLogger

public static Logger getLogger(Class clazz)

Return a logger named corresponding to the class passed as parameter, using the statically bound ILoggerFactory instance.

Parameters:

clazz - the returned logger will be named after clazz

Returns:

logger

getILoggerFactory

public static ILoggerFactory getILoggerFactory()

Return the ILoggerFactory instance in use.

ILoggerFactory instance is bound with this class at compile time.

Returns:

the ILoggerFactory instance in use