org.slf4j

Class 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 org.slf4j.impl.NOPLogger NOPLogger and org.slf4j.impl.SimpleLogger 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
static ILoggerFactory	getILoggerFactory() Return the ILoggerFactory instance in use.
static Logger	getLogger(String name) Return a logger named according to the name parameter using the statically bound ILoggerFactory instance.
static Logger	getLogger(Class clazz) Return a logger named corresponding to the class passed as parameter, using the statically bound ILoggerFactory instance.

Method Detail

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

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