slf4j-ext/src/main/java/org/slf4j/cal10n/LocLoggerFactory.java

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package org.slf4j.cal10n;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

import ch.qos.cal10n.IMessageConveyor;

/**
 *
 * This class is essentially a wrapper around an {@link LoggerFactory} producing
 * {@link LocLogger} instances.
 *
 * <p>
 * Contrary to {@link LoggerFactory#getLogger(String)} method of
 * {@link LoggerFactory}, each call to {@link #getLocLogger(String)} produces a new
 * instance of {@link LocLogger}. This should not matter because a LocLogger
 * instance does have any state beyond that of the {@link Logger} instance it
 * wraps and its message conveyor.
 *
 * @author Ceki G&uuml;lc&uuml;
 *
 */
public class LocLoggerFactory {

    final IMessageConveyor imc;

    public LocLoggerFactory(IMessageConveyor imc) {
        this.imc = imc;
    }

    /**
     * Get an LocLogger instance by name.
     *
     * @param name name of the logger to retrieve 
     * @return LocLogger instance by name.
     */
    public LocLogger getLocLogger(String name) {
        return new LocLogger(LoggerFactory.getLogger(name), imc);
    }

    /**
     * Get a new LocLogger instance by class. The returned LocLogger will be named
     * after the class.
     *
     * @param clazz a class 
     * @return LocLogger instance by class
     */
    public LocLogger getLocLogger(Class<?> clazz) {
        return getLocLogger(clazz.getName());
    }
}