ILoggerFactory

org.slf4j

Interface ILoggerFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

NOPLoggerFactory, SubstituteLoggerFactory
```
public interface ILoggerFactory
```
ILoggerFactory instances manufacture Logger instances by name.
Most users retrieve Logger instances through the static LoggerFactory.getLogger(String) method. An instance of of this interface is bound internally with LoggerFactory class at compile time.

Method Summary

All Methods

Instance Methods

Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`Logger`	`getLogger(String name)` Return an appropriate `Logger` instance as specified by the `name` parameter.

- Method Detail
  - getLogger
```
Logger getLogger(String name)
```
    Return an appropriate Logger instance as specified by the name parameter.
    If the name parameter is equal to Logger.ROOT_LOGGER_NAME, that is the string value "ROOT" (case insensitive), then the root logger of the underlying logging system is returned.
    
    Null-valued name arguments are considered invalid.
    
    Certain extremely simple logging systems, e.g. NOP, may always return the same logger instance regardless of the requested name.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - the name of the Logger to return
    
    Returns:
    
    a Logger instance