Of course logger must be instantiated, we are good with that. I'm doing the instantiation of my logger in other class. I can´t do String level=log.getLevel.toString(), because from MyLayout class i don't have access to my logger. Unless of course, i do this: log = (Logger)LoggerFactory.getLogger("employee"); then i can follow your advice: level=log.getLevel.toString(); I could be wrong but, isn´t it a dirty way to get just a level ?I was thinking maybe on get the logger level from MyLayout event (param from doLayout), but i can´t find any logger level, just event.getLevel(), and that is a differente one. I hope to be clear on what i want. Thanks guysFrom: Forums@gombers.de Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 21:37:58 +0200 To: logback-user@qos.ch Subject: Re: [logback-user] Logger level from Layout class I don't understand the question anyway. If there is no need for a logger (that is, if it shall not become instantiated), what does it mean to know the log-level. Which routine shall read the config, if the logger isn't instantiated?Otherwise do a "String level=log.getLevel.toString()" Ulrich Am 30.07.2013 um 21:18 schrieb David Roussel <nabble@diroussel.xsmail.com>: Gaston, Normally if you need to do something based on the logging level, you'd do. if (log.isDebugEnabled()) { …} Is there some special reason why you'd need the exact level? David On 30 Jul 2013, at 19:33, gaston sponer <gaston.sponer@hotmail.com> wrote:Hi, Is there any way to get from MyLayout the logger level? I don't want to do this: package com.render;import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;import ch.qos.logback.classic.Logger;import ch.qos.logback.classic.spi.ILoggingEvent;import ch.qos.logback.core.LayoutBase; import com.render.domain.Employee; public class MyLayout extends LayoutBase<ILoggingEvent>{ String level= ((Logger)LoggerFactory.getLogger("employee")).getLevel().toString();...... This works well but i don't like to instantiate an object just to get a logger level. This is my xml config file: <configuration><logger name="employee" level="debug"/> <appender name="CONSOLE" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender"> <encoder class="ch.qos.logback.core.encoder.LayoutWrappingEncoder"> <layout class="com.render.MyLayout" > </layout> </encoder> </appender> <root level="off"> <appender-ref ref="CONSOLE" /> </root></configuration> Thanks,Gastón. _______________________________________________ Logback-user mailing list Logback-user@qos.ch http://mailman.qos.ch/mailman/listinfo/logback-user _______________________________________________ Logback-user mailing list Logback-user@qos.ch http://mailman.qos.ch/mailman/listinfo/logback-user _______________________________________________ Logback-user mailing list Logback-user@qos.ch http://mailman.qos.ch/mailman/listinfo/logback-user