读logback源码系列文章（四）——记录日志

今天晚上本来想来写一下Logger怎么记录日志，以及Appender组件。不过9点才从丈母娘家回来，又被几个兄弟喊去喝酒，结果回来晚了，所以时间就只够写一篇Logger类的源码分析了。Appender找时间再写

上篇博客介绍了LoggerContext怎么生成Logger，Logger是logback的核心类，也是所有日志框架的核心类。这篇博客详细介绍一下Logger的各字段和方法，重点介绍Logger类是怎样记录日志的

老规矩，首先看图：


Logger类实现了slf4j框架定义的Logger接口，然后这个类和LoggerContext是互相引用的（因为Logger需要依赖LoggerContext的TurboFilter等组件）。并且Logger实现了AppenderAttachable接口，它实现该接口的方式，是持有AppenderAttachableImpl类，然后委托该类来实现AppenderAttachable接口定义的方法，这里用到了代理模式，是一个比较精巧的设计

看到了Logger类的全景图，接下来我们逐一介绍Logger类中的各个字段，最后重点介绍Logger类是怎样记录日志的

首先看看Logger的字段

static int instanceCount = 0;

  /**
   * The name of this logger
   */
  private String name;

  // The assigned levelInt of this logger. Can be null.
  private Level level;

  // The effective levelInt is the assigned levelInt and if null, a levelInt is
  // inherited form a parent.
  private int effectiveLevelInt;

  /**
   * The parent of this category. All categories have at least one ancestor
   * which is the root category.
   */
  private Logger parent;

  /**
   * The children of this logger. A logger may have zero or more children.
   */
  private List<Logger> childrenList;

  /**
   * It is assumed that once the 'aai' variable is set to a non-null value, it
   * will never be reset to null. it is further assumed that only place where
   * the 'aai'ariable is set is within the addAppender method. This method is
   * synchronized on 'this' (Logger) protecting against simultaneous
   * re-configuration of this logger (a very unlikely scenario).
   * 
   * <p>
   * It is further assumed that the AppenderAttachableImpl is responsible for
   * its internal synchronization and thread safety. Thus, we can get away with
   * *not* synchronizing on the 'aai' (check null/ read) because
   * <p>
   * 1) the 'aai' variable is immutable once set to non-null
   * <p>
   * 2) 'aai' is getAndSet only within addAppender which is synchronized
   * <p>
   * 3) all the other methods check whether 'aai' is null
   * <p>
   * 4) AppenderAttachableImpl is thread safe
   */
  private transient AppenderAttachableImpl<