Cleaner Logging

LoggingSugar.scala

package sugar

import org.slf4j.{Logger, LoggerFactory}

trait LoggingSugar {

  /**
   * This is just a convenience method so you can type:
   *
   * getLogger[Foo]
   *
   * ...rather than...
   *
   * LoggerFactory.getLogger(classOf[Foo])
   *
   */
  def getLogger[T <: AnyRef](implicit manifest: Manifest[T]): Logger = {
    LoggerFactory.getLogger(manifest.erasure.asInstanceOf[Class[T]])
  }

}