MDCStrLookup.java

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package org.slf4j.ext;

import org.apache.commons.lang.text.StrLookup;
import org.slf4j.MDC;


/**
 * This class can be used with the Commons Lang StrSubstitutor to replace
 * tokens that occur in Strings with their values in the MDC.
 *
 * @author Ralph Goers
 */
public class MDCStrLookup extends StrLookup {
    /**
     * Looks up up a value in the MDC.
     *
     * @param key the key to be looked up, may be null
     * @return the matching value, null if no match
     */
    public String lookup(String key) {
        if (key == null) {
            return null;
        }
        return MDC.get(key);
    }
}