com.liferay.faces.util.logging
Class LoggerFactory

java.lang.Object
  com.liferay.faces.util.logging.LoggerFactory

public abstract class LoggerFactory
extends Object

In order to minimize dependencies, this class provides a layer of abstraction over different logging mechanisms including Log4J and standard Java SE logging.

Author:

Neil Griffin

Constructor Summary

LoggerFactory()

Method Summary

static Logger	getLogger(Class<?> clazz) This method gets a logger from the underlying logging implementation.
static Logger	getLogger(String name) This method gets a logger from the underlying logging implementation.
abstract Logger	getLoggerImplementation(String name)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

LoggerFactory

public LoggerFactory()

Method Detail

getLogger

public static final Logger getLogger(String name)

This method gets a logger from the underlying logging implementation. First it tries Log4J, then standard Java SE logging mechanism. NOTE: In the future, support should be added for detection of Apache Commons-Logging and SLF4J.

Parameters:

name - The name associated with the logger.

Returns:

The logger associated with the specified name.

getLogger

public static final Logger getLogger(Class<?> clazz)

This method gets a logger from the underlying logging implementation. First it tries Log4J, then standard Java SE logging mechanism. NOTE: In the future, support should be added for detection of Apache Commons-Logging and SLF4J.

Parameters:

clazz - The class associated with the logger.

Returns:

The logger associated with the specified class.

getLoggerImplementation

public abstract Logger getLoggerImplementation(String name)