public static Logger getLogger(String name) {
    if (name == null) {
      throw new NullPointerException("Logger name may not be null.");
    }
    init();
    return (instance.internalGetLogger(name));
  }
public static Logger getLogger ( String name ) { if ( name == null ) { throw new NullPointerException ( "Logger name may not be null." ) ; } init ( ) ; return ( instance . internalGetLogger ( name ) ) ; }
Get a logger by name.

@param name the name for which we want the logger
@return a Logger instance