在用springmvc开发项目的时候，在日志管理这一块，我们一般用的都是log4j进行日志管理，但是我们在导入spring相关的jar的时候，都会看到commons-logging.jar包，为什么我们使用log4j的同时还要引入commons-logging.jar包，它们到底是一种什么关系呢?

接下来我们看看commons-logging中的org.apache.commons.logging.Log的源码

/*** Eclipse Class Decompiler plugin, copyright (c) 2016 Chen Chao (cnfree2000@hotmail.com) ***/
package org.apache.commons.logging;
public abstract interface Log {
    public abstract void debug(Object paramObject);
    public abstract void debug(Object paramObject, Throwable paramThrowable);
    public abstract void error(Object paramObject);
    public abstract void error(Object paramObject, Throwable paramThrowable);
    public abstract void fatal(Object paramObject);
    public abstract void fatal(Object paramObject, Throwable paramThrowable);
    public abstract void info(Object paramObject);
    public abstract void info(Object paramObject, Throwable paramThrowable);
    public abstract boolean isDebugEnabled();
    public abstract boolean isErrorEnabled();
    public abstract boolean isFatalEnabled();
    public abstract boolean isInfoEnabled();
    public abstract boolean isTraceEnabled();
    public abstract boolean isWarnEnabled();
    public abstract void trace(Object paramObject);
    public abstract void trace(Object paramObject, Throwable paramThrowable);
    public abstract void warn(Object paramObject);
    public abstract void warn(Object paramObject, Throwable paramThrowable);
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　　很显然，commons-logging中j的log类就是一个接口，只要实现了该接j它口，那么它就是一个logger组件，继续看commons-logging下的org.apache.commons.logging.impl.Log4JLogger源码
/*** Eclipse Class Decompiler plugin, copyright (c) 2016 Chen Chao (cnfree2000@hotmail.com) ***/
package org.apache.commons.logging.impl;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.log4j.Level;
import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
import org.apache.log4j.Priority;
public class Log4JLogger implements Log, Serializable {
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 5160705895411730424L;
    private static final String FQCN = Log4JLogger.class.getName();
    private volatile transient Logger logger = null;
    private final String name;
    private static final Priority traceLevel;
    public Log4JLogger() {
        this.name = null;
    public Log4JLogger(String name) {
        this.name = name;
        this.logger = getLogger();
    public Log4JLogger(Logger logger) {
        if (logger == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                    "Warning - null logger in constructor; possible log4j misconfiguration.");
        this.name = logger.getName();
        this.logger = logger;
    public void trace(Object message) {
        getLogger().log(FQCN, traceLevel, message, null);
    public void trace(Object message, Throwable t) {
        getLogger().log(FQCN, traceLevel, message, t);
    public void debug(Object message) {
        getLogger().log(FQCN, Level.DEBUG, message, null);
    public void debug(Object message, Throwable t) {
        getLogger().log(FQCN, Level.DEBUG, message, t);
    public void info(Object message) {
        getLogger().log(FQCN, Level.INFO, message, null);
    public void info(Object message, Throwable t) {
        getLogger().log(FQCN, Level.INFO, message, t);
    public void warn(Object message) {
        getLogger().log(FQCN, Level.WARN, message, null);
    public void warn(Object message, Throwable t) {
        getLogger().log(FQCN, Level.WARN, message, t);
    public void error(Object message) {
        getLogger().log(FQCN, Level.ERROR, message, null);
    public void error(Object message, Throwable t) {
        getLogger().log(FQCN, Level.ERROR, message, t);
    public void fatal(Object message) {
        getLogger().log(FQCN, Level.FATAL, message, null);
    public void fatal(Object message, Throwable t) {
        getLogger().log(FQCN, Level.FATAL, message, t);
    public Logger getLogger() {
        Logger result = this.logger;
        if (result == null) {
            synchronized (this) {
                result = this.logger;
                if (result == null) {
                    this.logger = (result = Logger.getLogger(this.name));
        return result;
    public boolean isDebugEnabled() {
        return getLogger().isDebugEnabled();
    public boolean isErrorEnabled() {
        return getLogger().isEnabledFor(Level.ERROR);
    public boolean isFatalEnabled() {
        return getLogger().isEnabledFor(Level.FATAL);
    public boolean isInfoEnabled() {
        return getLogger().isInfoEnabled();
    public boolean isTraceEnabled() {
        return getLogger().isEnabledFor(traceLevel);
    public boolean isWarnEnabled() {
        return getLogger().isEnabledFor(Level.WARN);
    static {
        if (!(Priority.class.isAssignableFrom(Level.class))) {
            throw new InstantiationError("Log4J 1.2 not available");
        Priority _traceLevel;
        try {
            _traceLevel = (Priority) Level.class.getDeclaredField("TRACE").get(
                    null);
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            _traceLevel = Level.DEBUG;
        traceLevel = _traceLevel;
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/*** Eclipse Class Decompiler plugin, copyright (c) 2016 Chen Chao (cnfree2000@hotmail.com) ***/
package org.apache.commons.logging.impl;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
public class Jdk14Logger implements Log, Serializable {
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 4784713551416303804L;
    protected static final Level dummyLevel = Level.FINE;
    protected transient Logger logger = null;
    protected String name = null;
    public Jdk14Logger(String name) {
        this.name = name;
        this.logger = getLogger();
    protected void log(Level level, String msg, Throwable ex) {
        Logger logger = getLogger();
        if (!(logger.isLoggable(level)))
            return;
        Throwable dummyException = new Throwable();
        StackTraceElement[] locations = dummyException.getStackTrace();
        String cname = this.name;
        String method = "unknown";
        if ((locations != null) && (locations.length > 2)) {
            StackTraceElement caller = locations[2];
            method = caller.getMethodName();
        if (ex == null)
            logger.logp(level, cname, method, msg);
            logger.logp(level, cname, method, msg, ex);
    public void debug(Object message) {
        log(Level.FINE, String.valueOf(message), null);
    public void debug(Object message, Throwable exception) {
        log(Level.FINE, String.valueOf(message), exception);
    public void error(Object message) {
        log(Level.SEVERE, String.valueOf(message), null);
    public void error(Object message, Throwable exception) {
        log(Level.SEVERE, String.valueOf(message), exception);
    public void fatal(Object message) {
        log(Level.SEVERE, String.valueOf(message), null);
    public void fatal(Object message, Throwable exception) {
        log(Level.SEVERE, String.valueOf(message), exception);
    public Logger getLogger() {
        if (this.logger == null) {
            this.logger = Logger.getLogger(this.name);
        return this.logger;
    public void info(Object message) {
        log(Level.INFO, String.valueOf(message), null);
    public void info(Object message, Throwable exception) {
        log(Level.INFO, String.valueOf(message), exception);
    public boolean isDebugEnabled() {
        return getLogger().isLoggable(Level.FINE);
    public boolean isErrorEnabled() {
        return getLogger().isLoggable(Level.SEVERE);
    public boolean isFatalEnabled() {
        return getLogger().isLoggable(Level.SEVERE);
    public boolean isInfoEnabled() {
        return getLogger().isLoggable(Level.INFO);
    public boolean isTraceEnabled() {
        return getLogger().isLoggable(Level.FINEST);
    public boolean isWarnEnabled() {
        return getLogger().isLoggable(Level.WARNING);
    public void trace(Object message) {
        log(Level.FINEST, String.valueOf(message), null);
    public void trace(Object message, Throwable exception) {
        log(Level.FINEST, String.valueOf(message), exception);
    public void warn(Object message) {
        log(Level.WARNING, String.valueOf(message), null);
    public void warn(Object message, Throwable exception) {
        log(Level.WARNING, String.valueOf(message), exception);
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　　我们看到有两个类，一个是Jdk14Logger，另一个是Log4JLogger。到这里我们应该知道，真正记录日志的是Jdk14Logger类和Log4JLogger类。而 commons-logging 把这两个(实际上，在 org.apache.commons.logging.impl 包下，commons-logging 仅仅为我们封装了 log4j 和 sun logger)记录日志的工具重新封装了一遍(Log4JLogger.java 和 Jdk14Logger.java)，可以认为 org.apache.commons.logging.Log 是个傀儡，它只是提供了对外的统一接口。因此我们只要能拿到 org.apache.commons.logging.Log，而不用关注到底使用的是 log4j 还是 sun logger。正如我们经常在项目中这样写：
private static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(Run.class);  
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　　既然如此，我们的项目有两个jar包，那么我们用的是log4j 还是 Jdk14Logger呢？我们在配置spring的web.xml文件时，经常会有如下配置：
<listener>  
    <listener-class>org.springframework.web.util.Log4jConfigListener</listener-class>  
</listener>  
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　　 终于找到了 org.springframework.util.Log4jConfigurer，这正是 log4j 提供给我们的初始化日志的类。至此，我们终于明白了我们系统的的确确使用的是 log4j 的日志工具。 
　　可是问题又来了，org.apache.commons.logging.Log 和 org.apache.log4j.Logger 这两个类，通过包名我们可以发现它们都是 apache 的项目，既然如下，为何要动如此大的动作搞两个东西(指的是 commons-logging 和 log4j)出来呢？事实上，在 sun 开发 logger 前，apache 项目已经开发了功能强大的 log4j 日志工具，并向 sun 推荐将其纳入到 jdk 的一部分，可是 sun 拒绝了 apache 的提议，sun 后来自己开发了一套记录日志的工具。可是现在的开源项目都使用的是 log4j，log4j 已经成了事实上的标准，但由于又有一部分开发者在使用 sun logger，因此 apache 才推出 commons-logging，使得我们不必关注我们正在使用何种日志工具。