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== Usage

Using the Scala API is as simple as mixing in the https://logging.apache.org/log4j/scala/log4j-api-scala_2.12/scaladocs/org/apache/logging/log4j/scala/[`Logging`] trait to your class. Example:

[source,scala]
----
import org.apache.logging.log4j.scala.Logging
import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level

class MyClass extends BaseClass with Logging {
  def doStuff(): Unit = {
    logger.info("Doing stuff")
  }
  def doStuffWithLevel(level: Level): Unit = {
    logger(level, "Doing stuff with arbitrary level")
  }
  def doStuffWithUser(user: User): Unit = {
    logger.info(s"Doing stuff with ${user.getName}.")
  }
}
----

=== API Documentation

|===
|Scala Version |API Link

|Scala 2.10
|https://logging.apache.org/log4j/scala/log4j-api-scala_2.10/scaladocs/#org.apache.logging.log4j.scala.package[ScalaDocs]

|Scala 2.11
|https://logging.apache.org/log4j/scala/log4j-api-scala_2.11/scaladocs/#org.apache.logging.log4j.scala.package[ScalaDocs]

|Scala 2.12
|https://logging.apache.org/log4j/scala/log4j-api-scala_2.12/scaladocs/org/apache/logging/log4j/scala/[ScalaDocs]
|===

=== Configuration

Log4j Scala API uses https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/manual/configuration.html[Log4j configuration] by default.
This supports XML, properties files, and Java-based builders, as well as JSON and YAML with additional dependencies.

=== Substituting Parameters

Unlike in Java, Scala provides native functionality for string interpolation https://docs.scala-lang.org/overviews/core/string-interpolation.html[beginning in Scala 2.10].
As all logger calls are implemented as macros, using string interpolation directly does not require additional if checks.
For example:

[source,scala]
----
logger.debug(s"Logging in user ${user.getName} with birthday ${user.calcBirthday}")
----

=== Logger Names

Most logging implementations use a hierarchical scheme for matching logger names with logging configuration.
In this scheme the logger name hierarchy is represented by '.' characters in the logger name, in a fashion very similar to the hierarchy used for Java/Scala package names.
The `Logger` property added by the `Logging` trait follows this convention: the trait ensures the `Logger` is automatically named according to the class it is being used in.