LoggableComponent ?

[Tom Zeller]

> I thought about MDC for this too.  I think technically it could work,
> but is probably abusing the intent of MDC.  As in: wrap the logging
> calls with a method that the sets a MDC 'logPrefix' variable; then calls
> the log method; and then clears 'logPrefix'.  I don't think MDC
> variables are intended to be used with that frequency, though, so this
> is probably a bad idea.

Pretty much thought the same thing, that MDC would cause later woe.

What about just overriding toString() in lieu of getLogPrefix() ?