Package org.apache.logging.log4j

Public API for Log4j 2.

The main entry point into Log4j is the LogManager class which can be used to obtain Logger objects, the current LoggerContext, a new LoggerContext, and the current LoggerContextFactory.

Marker objects can be obtained through the MarkerManager. The MDC (Mapped Diagnostic Context) can be used through the ThreadContext class.

See Also:

Log4j 2 API manual

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
LogBuilder	Interface for constructing log events before logging them.
Logger	This is the central interface in the log4j package.
Marker	Markers are objects that are used to add easily filterable information to log messages.
ThreadContext.ContextStack	The ThreadContext Stack interface.

Class Summary

Class	Description
CloseableThreadContext	Adds entries to the stack or map and them removes them when the object is closed, e.g.
CloseableThreadContext.Instance
EventLogger	Logs "Events" that are represented as StructuredDataMessage.
Level	Levels used for identifying the severity of an event.
LogManager	The anchor point for the Log4j logging system.
MarkerManager	Applications create Markers by using the Marker Manager.
MarkerManager.Log4jMarker	Consider this class private, it is only public to satisfy Jackson for XML and JSON IO.
ThreadContext	The ThreadContext allows applications to store information either in a Map or a Stack.

Exception Summary

Exception	Description
LoggingException	Exception thrown when an error occurs while logging.