I have been modifying slf4j for use on android. Beginning with the slf4j-android sub-project, I am adding in a context provider to record, forward, combine, filter and otherwise manage the log. In order to do this getLogger needs to know the current context. To work around this I have added a context parameter. e.g. import android.content.Context; import android.graphics.Matrix; import org.slf4j.Logger; import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory; public class Sample implements Cloneable { private Sample(Context context) { _log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Sample.class, context); ... I can provide more detail if this is not clear. What I want to know is if this is the best way do deal with the problem? In order to get this to work I have added some android specific stuff to the api/contract. The presumption seems to be that certain information is in some global variable. This doesn't seem quite right. What I am wondering is if there shouldn't be some generalization of context for slf4j. The specific implementation would change it as needed. What do you think?