Interface ILoggerFactory

slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/ILoggerFactory.java:38–57

ILoggerFactory instances manufacture Logger instances by name. Most users retrieve Logger instances through the static LoggerFactory#getLogger(String) method. An instance of this interface is bound internally with LoggerFactory class at compile time.

 * @author Ceki Gülcü
 */
public interface ILoggerFactory {

    /**
     * Return an appropriate {@link Logger} instance as specified by the
     * <code>name</code> parameter.
     * 
     * <p>If the name parameter is equal to {@link Logger#ROOT_LOGGER_NAME}, that is 
     * the string value "ROOT" (case insensitive), then the root logger of the 
     * underlying logging system is returned.
     * 
     * <p>Null-valued name arguments are considered invalid.
     *
     * <p>Certain extremely simple logging systems, e.g. NOP, may always
     * return the same logger instance regardless of the requested name.
     * 
     * @param name the name of the Logger to return
     * @return a Logger instance 
     */
    public Logger getLogger(String name);
}