Apache Log4j provides the interface that applications should code to and provides the adapter components required for implementers to create a logging implementation.

Bytecode (Java 1.4) for Apache Log4j is provided in a JAR file like log4j-1.2.17.jar.

Source Code files for Apache Log4j are provided in both binary packge like log4j-1.2.17.zip and source package like log4j-1.2.17-sources.zip. You can download them at Apache Log4j Website.

You can also browse Source Code files for Apache Log4j 1.2.17 below.

⏎ org/apache/log4j/CategoryKey.java

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 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
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 * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
 * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
 * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
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package org.apache.log4j;

/**
   CategoryKey is a wrapper for String that apparently accellerated
   hash table lookup in early JVM's.
   @author Ceki Gülcü 
*/
class CategoryKey {

  String   name;  
  int hashCache;

  CategoryKey(String name) {
    this.name = name;
    hashCache = name.hashCode();
  }

  final
  public  
  int hashCode() {
    return hashCache;
  }

  final
  public
  boolean equals(Object rArg) {
    if(this == rArg)
      return true;
    
    if(rArg != null && CategoryKey.class == rArg.getClass()) 
      return  name.equals(((CategoryKey)rArg ).name);
    else 
      return false;
  }
}

⏎ org/apache/log4j/CategoryKey.java

 

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