Index: log4j-1.2-api/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/spi/LoggerFactoryBridge.java
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--- log4j-1.2-api/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/spi/LoggerFactoryBridge.java	(revision b77edb7ce1a53f4ce9d87c9cab34ea8a3f90080a)
+++ log4j-1.2-api/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/spi/LoggerFactoryBridge.java	(revision b77edb7ce1a53f4ce9d87c9cab34ea8a3f90080a)
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
- * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
- * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache license, Version 2.0
- * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
- * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the license for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the license.
- */
-package org.apache.log4j.spi;
-
-import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
-
-/**
- *
- * Implement this interface to create new instances of Logger or a sub-class of Logger when instantiating with specific
- * context.
- *
- * <p>
- * See <code>examples/subclass/MyLogger.java</code> for an example.
- * </p>
- * 
- * @since 2.6
- */
-public interface LoggerFactoryBridge {
-
-    Logger makeNewLoggerInstance(org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext context, String name);
-
-}
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Index: log4j-1.2-api/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/Category.java
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--- log4j-1.2-api/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/Category.java	(revision b77edb7ce1a53f4ce9d87c9cab34ea8a3f90080a)
+++ log4j-1.2-api/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/Category.java	(revision )
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@
 
 import org.apache.log4j.helpers.NullEnumeration;
 import org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggerFactory;
-import org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggerFactoryBridge;
 import org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.util.NameUtil;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.message.LocalizedMessage;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.message.Message;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.message.ObjectMessage;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.spi.AbstractLoggerAdapter;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.util.Strings;
 
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
  */
 public class Category {
 
-    private static LoggerFactoryBridge loggerFactory = new PrivateFactory();
+    private static PrivateAdapter adapter = new PrivateAdapter();
 
     private static final Map<LoggerContext, ConcurrentMap<String, Logger>> CONTEXT_MAP =
         new WeakHashMap<>();
@@ -76,11 +76,11 @@
     }
 
     public static Category getInstance(final String name) {
-        return getInstance(PrivateManager.getContext(), name, loggerFactory);
+        return getInstance(PrivateManager.getContext(), name, adapter);
     }
 
     static Logger getInstance(final LoggerContext context, final String name) {
-        return getInstance(context, name, loggerFactory);
+        return getInstance(context, name, adapter);
     }
 
     static Logger getInstance(final LoggerContext context, final String name, final LoggerFactory factory) {
@@ -94,13 +94,13 @@
         return prev == null ? logger : prev;
     }
 
-    static Logger getInstance(final LoggerContext context, final String name, final LoggerFactoryBridge factory) {
+    static Logger getInstance(final LoggerContext context, final String name, final PrivateAdapter factory) {
         final ConcurrentMap<String, Logger> loggers = getLoggersMap(context);
         Logger logger = loggers.get(name);
         if (logger != null) {
             return logger;
         }
-        logger = factory.makeNewLoggerInstance(context, name);
+        logger = factory.newLogger(name, context);
         final Logger prev = loggers.putIfAbsent(name, logger);
         return prev == null ? logger : prev;
     }
@@ -453,14 +453,16 @@
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Private logger factory.
-     */
-    private static class PrivateFactory implements LoggerFactoryBridge {
+    private static class PrivateAdapter extends AbstractLoggerAdapter<Logger> {
 
         @Override
-        public Logger makeNewLoggerInstance(org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext context, final String name) {
-            return new Logger(context, name);
+        protected Logger newLogger(final String name, final org.apache.logging.log4j.spi.LoggerContext context) {
+            return new Logger((LoggerContext) context, name);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected org.apache.logging.log4j.spi.LoggerContext getContext() {
+            return PrivateManager.getContext();
         }
     }