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A constant for the current class instance

We have this but why not a thisClass?

Its a PITA to have to cut and paste class names when they could easily be a compile time constant. e.g.

public class Foo {
    private Logger log = LogFactory.getLog( thisClass );

instead of

    private Logger log = LogFactory.getLog( Foo.class );

which can lead to cut-and-paste errors. This is a common issue with using static methods in a generic way.

This is a very trivial change.

    private Logger log = LogFactory.getLog();