io.opentelemetry.api.logs

public Interface Logger

Known Direct Implementers

io.opentelemetry.api.logs.DefaultLogger

Annotations

@ThreadSafe

Imports

javax.annotation.concurrent.ThreadSafe

A Logger is the entry point into a log pipeline.

Obtain a logRecordBuilder(), add properties using the setters, and emit it via LogRecordBuilder#emit().

The OpenTelemetry logs bridge API exists to enable bridging logs from other log frameworks (e.g. SLF4J, Log4j, JUL, Logback, etc) into OpenTelemetry and is NOT a replacement log API.

Since: 1.27.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
public LogRecordBuilder	logRecordBuilder() Return a `LogRecordBuilder` to emit a log record.

Method Detail

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logRecordBuilder	back to summary
public LogRecordBuilder logRecordBuilder() Return a `LogRecordBuilder` to emit a log record. Important Note this should be used to write appenders to bridge logs from logging frameworks (e.g. SLF4J, Log4j, JUL, Logback, etc). It is NOT a replacement for an application logging framework, and should not be used by application developers. Build the log record using the `LogRecordBuilder` setters, and emit via `LogRecordBuilder#emit()`.

public LogRecordBuilder logRecordBuilder()

Return a LogRecordBuilder to emit a log record.

Important Note

this should be used to write appenders to bridge logs from logging frameworks (e.g. SLF4J, Log4j, JUL, Logback, etc). It is NOT a replacement for an application logging framework, and should not be used by application developers.

Build the log record using the LogRecordBuilder setters, and emit via LogRecordBuilder#emit().