I always have a question that how Mybatis know that I use Log4j as logger rather than other loggers. Here is the answer. Mybatis just try every logger :)

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package org.apache.ibatis.logging;

import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;

/**
 * @author Clinton Begin
 * @author Eduardo Macarron
 */
public final class LogFactory {

  /**
   * Marker to be used by logging implementations that support markers
   */
  public static final String MARKER = "MYBATIS";

  private static Constructor<? extends Log> logConstructor;

  static {
    tryImplementation(new Runnable() {
      @Override
      public void run() {
        useSlf4jLogging();
      }
    });
    tryImplementation(new Runnable() {
      @Override
      public void run() {
        useCommonsLogging();
      }
    });
    tryImplementation(new Runnable() {
      @Override
      public void run() {
        useLog4J2Logging();
      }
    });
    tryImplementation(new Runnable() {
      @Override
      public void run() {
        useLog4JLogging();
      }
    });
    tryImplementation(new Runnable() {
      @Override
      public void run() {
        useJdkLogging();
      }
    });
    tryImplementation(new Runnable() {
      @Override
      public void run() {
        useNoLogging();
      }
    });
  }

  private LogFactory() {
    // disable construction
  }

  public static Log getLog(Class<?> aClass) {
    return getLog(aClass.getName());
  }

  public static Log getLog(String logger) {
    try {
      return logConstructor.newInstance(new Object[] { logger });
    } catch (Throwable t) {
      throw new LogException("Error creating logger for logger " + logger + ".  Cause: " + t, t);
    }
  }

  public static synchronized void useCustomLogging(Class<? extends Log> clazz) {
    setImplementation(clazz);
  }

  public static synchronized void useSlf4jLogging() {
    setImplementation(org.apache.ibatis.logging.slf4j.Slf4jImpl.class);
  }

  public static synchronized void useCommonsLogging() {
    setImplementation(org.apache.ibatis.logging.commons.JakartaCommonsLoggingImpl.class);
  }

  public static synchronized void useLog4JLogging() {
    setImplementation(org.apache.ibatis.logging.log4j.Log4jImpl.class);
  }

  public static synchronized void useLog4J2Logging() {
    setImplementation(org.apache.ibatis.logging.log4j2.Log4j2Impl.class);
  }

  public static synchronized void useJdkLogging() {
    setImplementation(org.apache.ibatis.logging.jdk14.Jdk14LoggingImpl.class);
  }

  public static synchronized void useStdOutLogging() {
    setImplementation(org.apache.ibatis.logging.stdout.StdOutImpl.class);
  }

  public static synchronized void useNoLogging() {
    setImplementation(org.apache.ibatis.logging.nologging.NoLoggingImpl.class);
  }

  private static void tryImplementation(Runnable runnable) {
    if (logConstructor == null) {
      try {
        runnable.run();
      } catch (Throwable t) {
        // ignore
      }
    }
  }

  private static void setImplementation(Class<? extends Log> implClass) {
    try {
      Constructor<? extends Log> candidate = implClass.getConstructor(new Class[] { String.class });
      Log log = candidate.newInstance(new Object[] { LogFactory.class.getName() });
      if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
        log.debug("Logging initialized using '" + implClass + "' adapter.");
      }
      logConstructor = candidate;
    } catch (Throwable t) {
      throw new LogException("Error setting Log implementation.  Cause: " + t, t);
    }
  }

}

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