LoggerFactory.java

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package org.slf4j;

import com.google.gwt.core.client.GWT;


/**
 * The <code>LoggerFactory</code> is a utility class producing Loggers for
 * various logging APIs, most notably for log4j, logback and JDK 1.4 logging.
 * Other implementations such as {@link org.slf4j.impl.NOPLogger NOPLogger} and
 * {@link org.slf4j.impl.SimpleLogger SimpleLogger} are also supported.
 * <p/>
 * <p/>
 * <code>LoggerFactory</code> is essentially a wrapper around an
 * {@link ILoggerFactory} instance bound with <code>LoggerFactory</code> at
 * compile time.
 * <p/>
 * <p/>
 * Please note that all methods in <code>LoggerFactory</code> are static.
 *
 * @author Ceki Gülcü
 * @author Robert Elliot
 */
public class LoggerFactory {

    public static final ILoggerFactory LOGGER_FACTORY = GWT.create(ILoggerFactory.class);

    private LoggerFactory() {
    }

    /**
     * Return a logger named according to the name parameter using the statically
     * bound {@link ILoggerFactory} instance.
     *
     * @param name The name of the logger.
     * @return logger
     */
    public static Logger getLogger(String name) {
        return LOGGER_FACTORY.getLogger(name);
    }

    /**
     * Return a logger named corresponding to the class passed as parameter, using
     * the statically bound {@link ILoggerFactory} instance.
     *
     * @param clazz the returned logger will be named after clazz
     * @return logger
     */
    public static Logger getLogger(Class clazz) {
        return getLogger(clazz.getName());
    }
}