Java Logging: show the source line number of the caller (not the logging helper method)

Question

The numerous (sigh...) logging frameworks for Java all do a nice job of showing the line number of the source file name for the method that created the log message:

Answer 1

This isn't possible out of the box. The best you can do in this case is to create the logger in the caller and pass it to the util method. This way, you can at least get an idea where the call has come from.