Java logger that automatically determines caller's class name

Question

public static Logger getLogger() {
    final Throwable t = new Throwable();
    final StackTraceElement methodCaller = t.getStackTrace()[1];
    final Logger logger          


        

Answer 1

You could of course just use Log4J with the appropriate pattern layout:

For example, for the class name "org.apache.xyz.SomeClass", the pattern %C{1} will output "SomeClass".

http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/apidocs/org/apache/log4j/PatternLayout.html