# Log4j API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/log4j/log4j-api/  
**Provider:** Apache Log4j — https://apis.io/providers/log4j/  
**Documentation:** https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/manual/api.html

Log4j API is one of 2 APIs that [Apache Log4j](https://apis.io/providers/log4j/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Facade, Java, and Logging. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and an API reference.

The logging facade providing a feature-rich Java interface for application logging. Applications code against this stable API while delegating to a backing implementation such as Log4j Core.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **Documentation** — https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/manual/api.html
- **Reference** — https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/javadoc.html
- **SourceCode** — https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/log4j/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Apache Log4j APIs (1)

- [Log4j Core](https://apis.io/apis/log4j/log4j-core/)

## Tags

Facade, Java, Logging

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