How do I configure Logback to print out the class name

Question

I\'m using Play 2.1. I\'m using the default logger play.api.Logger. I\'m confused about how it works.

In my scala code, a line in class \"com.myapp.tickets\" in th

Answer 1

Since Play's Logger wraps the underlying SLF4J calls, the logger class is always "application":

13:45:21 INFO  application: - Some message

But there is an easy way round this.

Create a trait:

import play.api.Logger

trait WithLogging {
   val logger: Logger = Logger(this.getClass())
}

And in your classes just mix in the trait:

import WithLogging

class Foobarr extends WithLogging {
   def doFoo = {
      logger.info("Im in foooo")
   }
}

Now this should be:

13:45:21 INFO  models.Foobarr: - Im in foooo