Retrieves the Python native logger

        :param name:    The name of the logger instance in the VSG namespace (VSG.<name>); a None value will use the VSG root.
        :return:        The instacne of the Python logger object.

def getLogger(cls, name=None):
        """
        Retrieves the Python native logger

        :param name:    The name of the logger instance in the VSG namespace (VSG.<name>); a None value will use the VSG root.
        :return:        The instacne of the Python logger object.
        """
        return logging.getLogger("{0}.{1}".format(cls.BASENAME, name) if name else cls.BASENAME)