Extensions to the {@linkplain java.util.logging Java logging} framework. The GeoTools project uses the standard {@link java.util.logging.Logger} API for its logging, but this package allows redirection of logs to some other frameworks like Log4J.

All GeoTools code should fetch their logger through a call to {@link org.geotools.util.logging.Logging#getLogger(String)}, not {@link java.util.logging.Logger#getLogger(String)}. This is necessary in order to give GeoTools a chance to redirect log events to an other logging framework.