# Log4j Core

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

Log4j Core 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 Core, Implementation, Java, and Logging. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and an API reference.

The reference implementation of the Log4j API providing appenders, layouts, filters, lookups and configuration that route log events to consoles, files, databases, network endpoints and more.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/manual/configuration.html
- **Reference** — https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/javadoc.html
- **SourceCode** — https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2

## Other Apache Log4j APIs (1)

- [Log4j API](https://apis.io/apis/log4j/log4j-api/)

## Tags

Core, Implementation, Java, Logging

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