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/spi/LoggerFactory.java

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package org.apache.log4j.spi;

import org.apache.log4j.Logger;

/**
   
  Implement this interface to create new instances of Logger or
  a sub-class of Logger.

  <p>See <code>examples/subclass/MyLogger.java</code> for an example.

  @author Ceki G&uuml;lc&uuml;
  @since version 0.8.5
   
 */
public interface LoggerFactory {

  public
  Logger makeNewLoggerInstance(String name);

}

⏎ org/apache/log4j/spi/LoggerFactory.java

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File name: log4j-1.2.17-sources.jar
File size: 481200 bytes
Release date: 2012-05-06
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