diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/bootstrap/Bootstrap.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/bootstrap/Bootstrap.java
index 22bebb4c57..0f4994091a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/bootstrap/Bootstrap.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/bootstrap/Bootstrap.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelPipeline;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelPipelineFactory;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.SimpleChannelHandler;
 import org.jboss.netty.logging.InternalLogger;
+import org.jboss.netty.logging.InternalLoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * @author The Netty Project (netty-dev@lists.jboss.org)
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ import org.jboss.netty.logging.InternalLogger;
  */
 public class Bootstrap {
 
-    private static InternalLogger logger = InternalLogger.getLogger(Bootstrap.class);
+    private static InternalLogger logger = InternalLoggerFactory.getInstance(Bootstrap.class);
 
     private volatile ChannelFactory factory;
     private volatile ChannelPipeline pipeline = pipeline();
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/CompleteChannelFuture.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/CompleteChannelFuture.java
index ef86e82389..738c0f1185 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/CompleteChannelFuture.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/CompleteChannelFuture.java
@@ -25,11 +25,12 @@ package org.jboss.netty.channel;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import org.jboss.netty.logging.InternalLogger;
+import org.jboss.netty.logging.InternalLoggerFactory;
 
 public abstract class CompleteChannelFuture implements ChannelFuture {
 
     private static final InternalLogger logger =
-        InternalLogger.getLogger(CompleteChannelFuture.class);
+        InternalLoggerFactory.getInstance(CompleteChannelFuture.class);
 
     private final Channel channel;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/DefaultChannelFuture.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/DefaultChannelFuture.java
index c3be6e88c9..6af38b64a1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/DefaultChannelFuture.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/DefaultChannelFuture.java
@@ -27,12 +27,13 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import org.jboss.netty.logging.InternalLogger;
+import org.jboss.netty.logging.InternalLoggerFactory;
 
 
 public class DefaultChannelFuture implements ChannelFuture {
 
     private static final InternalLogger logger =
-        InternalLogger.getLogger(DefaultChannelFuture.class);
+        InternalLoggerFactory.getInstance(DefaultChannelFuture.class);
     private static final int DEAD_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL = 5000;
     private static final Throwable CANCELLED = new Throwable();
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/DefaultChannelPipeline.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/DefaultChannelPipeline.java
index 37d485358b..6b2f072750 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/DefaultChannelPipeline.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/DefaultChannelPipeline.java
@@ -31,11 +31,12 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
 
 import org.jboss.netty.logging.InternalLogger;
+import org.jboss.netty.logging.InternalLoggerFactory;
 
 
 public class DefaultChannelPipeline implements ChannelPipeline {
 
-    static final InternalLogger logger = InternalLogger.getLogger(DefaultChannelPipeline.class);
+    static final InternalLogger logger = InternalLoggerFactory.getInstance(DefaultChannelPipeline.class);
 
     private final ChannelSink discardingSink = new ChannelSink() {
         public void eventSunk(ChannelPipeline pipeline, ChannelEvent e) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/SimpleChannelHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/SimpleChannelHandler.java
index ae436fc0f0..403e71ea80 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/SimpleChannelHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/SimpleChannelHandler.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 package org.jboss.netty.channel;
 
 import org.jboss.netty.logging.InternalLogger;
+import org.jboss.netty.logging.InternalLoggerFactory;
 
 
 /**
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ import org.jboss.netty.logging.InternalLogger;
 public class SimpleChannelHandler implements ChannelUpstreamHandler {
 
     private static final InternalLogger logger =
-        InternalLogger.getLogger(SimpleChannelHandler.class.getName());
+        InternalLoggerFactory.getInstance(SimpleChannelHandler.class.getName());
 
     public void handleUpstream(
             ChannelHandlerContext ctx, ChannelEvent e) throws Exception {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioClientSocketChannel.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioClientSocketChannel.java
index bbadce75e2..d8dab258b4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioClientSocketChannel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioClientSocketChannel.java
@@ -33,11 +33,12 @@ import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelFuture;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelPipeline;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelSink;
 import org.jboss.netty.logging.InternalLogger;
+import org.jboss.netty.logging.InternalLoggerFactory;
 
 class NioClientSocketChannel extends NioSocketChannel {
 
     private static final InternalLogger logger =
-        InternalLogger.getLogger(NioClientSocketChannel.class);
+        InternalLoggerFactory.getInstance(NioClientSocketChannel.class);
 
     private static SocketChannel newSocket() {
         SocketChannel socket;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioClientSocketPipelineSink.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioClientSocketPipelineSink.java
index 73d969285e..8cbf62ca91 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioClientSocketPipelineSink.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioClientSocketPipelineSink.java
@@ -45,12 +45,13 @@ import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelState;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelStateEvent;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.MessageEvent;
 import org.jboss.netty.logging.InternalLogger;
+import org.jboss.netty.logging.InternalLoggerFactory;
 import org.jboss.netty.util.NamePreservingRunnable;
 
 class NioClientSocketPipelineSink extends AbstractChannelSink {
 
     static final InternalLogger logger =
-        InternalLogger.getLogger(NioClientSocketPipelineSink.class);
+        InternalLoggerFactory.getInstance(NioClientSocketPipelineSink.class);
     private static final AtomicInteger nextId = new AtomicInteger();
 
     final int id = nextId.incrementAndGet();
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioServerSocketChannel.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioServerSocketChannel.java
index 40c7a86c28..02a0bdd832 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioServerSocketChannel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioServerSocketChannel.java
@@ -37,12 +37,13 @@ import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelSink;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.DefaultServerSocketChannelConfig;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.ServerSocketChannelConfig;
 import org.jboss.netty.logging.InternalLogger;
+import org.jboss.netty.logging.InternalLoggerFactory;
 
 class NioServerSocketChannel extends AbstractServerChannel
                              implements org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.ServerSocketChannel {
 
     private static final InternalLogger logger =
-        InternalLogger.getLogger(NioServerSocketChannel.class);
+        InternalLoggerFactory.getInstance(NioServerSocketChannel.class);
 
     final ServerSocketChannel socket;
     private final ServerSocketChannelConfig config;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioServerSocketPipelineSink.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioServerSocketPipelineSink.java
index ca1cc4ec01..5c90168e36 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioServerSocketPipelineSink.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioServerSocketPipelineSink.java
@@ -41,12 +41,13 @@ import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelState;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelStateEvent;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.MessageEvent;
 import org.jboss.netty.logging.InternalLogger;
+import org.jboss.netty.logging.InternalLoggerFactory;
 import org.jboss.netty.util.NamePreservingRunnable;
 
 class NioServerSocketPipelineSink extends AbstractChannelSink {
 
     static final InternalLogger logger =
-        InternalLogger.getLogger(NioServerSocketPipelineSink.class);
+        InternalLoggerFactory.getInstance(NioServerSocketPipelineSink.class);
     private static final AtomicInteger nextId = new AtomicInteger();
 
     private final int id = nextId.incrementAndGet();
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioWorker.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioWorker.java
index fcebab1d0a..ff42a32bdc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioWorker.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioWorker.java
@@ -41,11 +41,12 @@ import org.jboss.netty.channel.Channel;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelException;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelFuture;
 import org.jboss.netty.logging.InternalLogger;
+import org.jboss.netty.logging.InternalLoggerFactory;
 import org.jboss.netty.util.NamePreservingRunnable;
 
 class NioWorker implements Runnable {
 
-    private static final InternalLogger logger = InternalLogger.getLogger(NioWorker.class);
+    private static final InternalLogger logger = InternalLoggerFactory.getInstance(NioWorker.class);
 
     private final int bossId;
     private final int id;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioServerSocketChannel.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioServerSocketChannel.java
index 665cf50a95..d2fca0f9f5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioServerSocketChannel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioServerSocketChannel.java
@@ -38,12 +38,13 @@ import org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.DefaultServerSocketChannelConfig;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.ServerSocketChannel;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.ServerSocketChannelConfig;
 import org.jboss.netty.logging.InternalLogger;
+import org.jboss.netty.logging.InternalLoggerFactory;
 
 class OioServerSocketChannel extends AbstractServerChannel
                              implements ServerSocketChannel {
 
     private static final InternalLogger logger =
-        InternalLogger.getLogger(OioServerSocketChannel.class);
+        InternalLoggerFactory.getInstance(OioServerSocketChannel.class);
 
     final ServerSocket socket;
     private final ServerSocketChannelConfig config;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioServerSocketPipelineSink.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioServerSocketPipelineSink.java
index 3efb9eb37a..1b4167a8c8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioServerSocketPipelineSink.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioServerSocketPipelineSink.java
@@ -39,12 +39,13 @@ import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelState;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelStateEvent;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.MessageEvent;
 import org.jboss.netty.logging.InternalLogger;
+import org.jboss.netty.logging.InternalLoggerFactory;
 import org.jboss.netty.util.NamePreservingRunnable;
 
 class OioServerSocketPipelineSink extends AbstractChannelSink {
 
     static final InternalLogger logger =
-        InternalLogger.getLogger(OioServerSocketPipelineSink.class);
+        InternalLoggerFactory.getInstance(OioServerSocketPipelineSink.class);
 
     final Executor workerExecutor;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/example/factorial/FactorialClientPipelineFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/example/factorial/FactorialClientPipelineFactory.java
index e56a5c2f6b..53db935185 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/example/factorial/FactorialClientPipelineFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/example/factorial/FactorialClientPipelineFactory.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 package org.jboss.netty.example.factorial;
 
 import static org.jboss.netty.channel.Channels.*;
+
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelPipeline;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelPipelineFactory;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/example/factorial/FactorialServerPipelineFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/example/factorial/FactorialServerPipelineFactory.java
index 1c9b36dace..2d23203c37 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/example/factorial/FactorialServerPipelineFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/example/factorial/FactorialServerPipelineFactory.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 package org.jboss.netty.example.factorial;
 
 import static org.jboss.netty.channel.Channels.*;
+
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelPipeline;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelPipelineFactory;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/example/telnet/TelnetPipelineFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/example/telnet/TelnetPipelineFactory.java
index 2a400cc71c..a9e0a5355f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/example/telnet/TelnetPipelineFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/example/telnet/TelnetPipelineFactory.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 package org.jboss.netty.example.telnet;
 
 import static org.jboss.netty.channel.Channels.*;
+
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelHandler;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelPipeline;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelPipelineFactory;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/logging/CommonsLoggerFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/logging/CommonsLoggerFactory.java
index a6ac5847b0..25421b7ed3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/logging/CommonsLoggerFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/logging/CommonsLoggerFactory.java
@@ -33,66 +33,54 @@ package org.jboss.netty.logging;
 public class CommonsLoggerFactory extends InternalLoggerFactory {
 
     @Override
-    public InternalLogger getInstance(String name) {
+    public InternalLogger newInstance(String name) {
         final org.apache.commons.logging.Log logger =
             org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory.getLog(name);
         return new InternalLogger() {
-            @Override
             public void debug(String msg) {
                 logger.debug(msg);
             }
 
-            @Override
             public void debug(String msg, Throwable cause) {
                 logger.debug(msg, cause);
             }
 
-            @Override
             public void error(String msg) {
                 logger.error(msg);
             }
 
-            @Override
             public void error(String msg, Throwable cause) {
                 logger.error(msg, cause);
             }
 
-            @Override
             public void info(String msg) {
                 logger.info(msg);
             }
 
-            @Override
             public void info(String msg, Throwable cause) {
                 logger.info(msg, cause);
             }
 
-            @Override
             public boolean isDebugEnabled() {
                 return logger.isDebugEnabled();
             }
 
-            @Override
             public boolean isErrorEnabled() {
                 return logger.isErrorEnabled();
             }
 
-            @Override
             public boolean isInfoEnabled() {
                 return logger.isInfoEnabled();
             }
 
-            @Override
             public boolean isWarnEnabled() {
                 return logger.isWarnEnabled();
             }
 
-            @Override
             public void warn(String msg) {
                 logger.warn(msg);
             }
 
-            @Override
             public void warn(String msg, Throwable cause) {
                 logger.warn(msg, cause);
             }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/logging/InternalLogger.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/logging/InternalLogger.java
index 8b959fa3b7..9752d6db59 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/logging/InternalLogger.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/logging/InternalLogger.java
@@ -29,26 +29,18 @@ package org.jboss.netty.logging;
  * @version $Rev$, $Date$
  *
  */
-public abstract class InternalLogger {
-    public static InternalLogger getLogger(Class<?> clazz) {
-        return getLogger(clazz.getName());
-    }
+public interface InternalLogger {
+    boolean isDebugEnabled();
+    boolean isInfoEnabled();
+    boolean isWarnEnabled();
+    boolean isErrorEnabled();
 
-    public static InternalLogger getLogger(String name) {
-        return InternalLoggerFactory.getDefault().getInstance(name);
-    }
-
-    public abstract boolean isDebugEnabled();
-    public abstract boolean isInfoEnabled();
-    public abstract boolean isWarnEnabled();
-    public abstract boolean isErrorEnabled();
-
-    public abstract void debug(String msg);
-    public abstract void debug(String msg, Throwable cause);
-    public abstract void info(String msg);
-    public abstract void info(String msg, Throwable cause);
-    public abstract void warn(String msg);
-    public abstract void warn(String msg, Throwable cause);
-    public abstract void error(String msg);
-    public abstract void error(String msg, Throwable cause);
+    void debug(String msg);
+    void debug(String msg, Throwable cause);
+    void info(String msg);
+    void info(String msg, Throwable cause);
+    void warn(String msg);
+    void warn(String msg, Throwable cause);
+    void error(String msg);
+    void error(String msg, Throwable cause);
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/logging/InternalLoggerFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/logging/InternalLoggerFactory.java
index 38c758ef50..4a6977b4cb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/logging/InternalLoggerFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/logging/InternalLoggerFactory.java
@@ -43,5 +43,13 @@ public abstract class InternalLoggerFactory {
         InternalLoggerFactory.defaultInstance = defaultInstance;
     }
 
-    public abstract InternalLogger getInstance(String name);
+    public static InternalLogger getInstance(Class<?> clazz) {
+        return getInstance(clazz);
+    }
+
+    public static InternalLogger getInstance(String name) {
+        return getDefault().newInstance(name);
+    }
+
+    public abstract InternalLogger newInstance(String name);
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/logging/JBossLoggerFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/logging/JBossLoggerFactory.java
index f96feb6586..d4114174f7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/logging/JBossLoggerFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/logging/JBossLoggerFactory.java
@@ -33,68 +33,56 @@ package org.jboss.netty.logging;
 public class JBossLoggerFactory extends InternalLoggerFactory {
 
     @Override
-    public InternalLogger getInstance(String name) {
+    public InternalLogger newInstance(String name) {
         final org.jboss.logging.Logger logger =
             org.jboss.logging.Logger.getLogger(name);
         return new InternalLogger() {
-            @Override
             public void debug(String msg) {
                 logger.debug(msg);
             }
 
-            @Override
             public void debug(String msg, Throwable cause) {
                 logger.debug(msg, cause);
             }
 
-            @Override
             public void error(String msg) {
                 logger.error(msg);
             }
 
-            @Override
             public void error(String msg, Throwable cause) {
                 logger.error(msg, cause);
             }
 
-            @Override
             public void info(String msg) {
                 logger.info(msg);
             }
 
-            @Override
             public void info(String msg, Throwable cause) {
                 logger.info(msg, cause);
             }
 
-            @Override
             @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
             public boolean isDebugEnabled() {
                 return logger.isDebugEnabled();
             }
 
-            @Override
             public boolean isErrorEnabled() {
                 return true;
             }
 
-            @Override
             @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
             public boolean isInfoEnabled() {
                 return logger.isInfoEnabled();
             }
 
-            @Override
             public boolean isWarnEnabled() {
                 return true;
             }
 
-            @Override
             public void warn(String msg) {
                 logger.warn(msg);
             }
 
-            @Override
             public void warn(String msg, Throwable cause) {
                 logger.warn(msg, cause);
             }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/logging/JdkLoggerFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/logging/JdkLoggerFactory.java
index 11e7bd051d..c569a1838b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/logging/JdkLoggerFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/logging/JdkLoggerFactory.java
@@ -34,66 +34,54 @@ import java.util.logging.Level;
 public class JdkLoggerFactory extends InternalLoggerFactory {
 
     @Override
-    public InternalLogger getInstance(String name) {
+    public InternalLogger newInstance(String name) {
         final java.util.logging.Logger logger =
             java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(name);
         return new InternalLogger() {
-            @Override
             public void debug(String msg) {
                 logger.log(Level.FINE, msg);
             }
 
-            @Override
             public void debug(String msg, Throwable cause) {
                 logger.log(Level.FINE, msg, cause);
             }
 
-            @Override
             public void error(String msg) {
                 logger.log(Level.SEVERE, msg);
             }
 
-            @Override
             public void error(String msg, Throwable cause) {
                 logger.log(Level.SEVERE, msg, cause);
             }
 
-            @Override
             public void info(String msg) {
                 logger.log(Level.INFO, msg);
             }
 
-            @Override
             public void info(String msg, Throwable cause) {
                 logger.log(Level.INFO, msg, cause);
             }
 
-            @Override
             public boolean isDebugEnabled() {
                 return logger.isLoggable(Level.FINE);
             }
 
-            @Override
             public boolean isErrorEnabled() {
                 return logger.isLoggable(Level.SEVERE);
             }
 
-            @Override
             public boolean isInfoEnabled() {
                 return logger.isLoggable(Level.INFO);
             }
 
-            @Override
             public boolean isWarnEnabled() {
                 return logger.isLoggable(Level.WARNING);
             }
 
-            @Override
             public void warn(String msg) {
                 logger.log(Level.WARNING, msg);
             }
 
-            @Override
             public void warn(String msg, Throwable cause) {
                 logger.log(Level.WARNING, msg, cause);
             }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/logging/Log4JLoggerFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/logging/Log4JLoggerFactory.java
index 41f6a5f796..834ed4daae 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/logging/Log4JLoggerFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/logging/Log4JLoggerFactory.java
@@ -33,66 +33,54 @@ package org.jboss.netty.logging;
 public class Log4JLoggerFactory extends InternalLoggerFactory {
 
     @Override
-    public InternalLogger getInstance(String name) {
+    public InternalLogger newInstance(String name) {
         final org.apache.log4j.Logger logger =
             org.apache.log4j.Logger.getLogger(name);
         return new InternalLogger() {
-            @Override
             public void debug(String msg) {
                 logger.debug(msg);
             }
 
-            @Override
             public void debug(String msg, Throwable cause) {
                 logger.debug(msg, cause);
             }
 
-            @Override
             public void error(String msg) {
                 logger.error(msg);
             }
 
-            @Override
             public void error(String msg, Throwable cause) {
                 logger.error(msg, cause);
             }
 
-            @Override
             public void info(String msg) {
                 logger.info(msg);
             }
 
-            @Override
             public void info(String msg, Throwable cause) {
                 logger.info(msg, cause);
             }
 
-            @Override
             public boolean isDebugEnabled() {
                 return logger.isDebugEnabled();
             }
 
-            @Override
             public boolean isErrorEnabled() {
                 return true;
             }
 
-            @Override
             public boolean isInfoEnabled() {
                 return logger.isInfoEnabled();
             }
 
-            @Override
             public boolean isWarnEnabled() {
                 return true;
             }
 
-            @Override
             public void warn(String msg) {
                 logger.warn(msg);
             }
 
-            @Override
             public void warn(String msg, Throwable cause) {
                 logger.warn(msg, cause);
             }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/logging/Slf4JLoggerFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/logging/Slf4JLoggerFactory.java
index 9b1de6d3d5..33c23ff632 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/logging/Slf4JLoggerFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/logging/Slf4JLoggerFactory.java
@@ -33,66 +33,54 @@ package org.jboss.netty.logging;
 public class Slf4JLoggerFactory extends InternalLoggerFactory {
 
     @Override
-    public InternalLogger getInstance(String name) {
+    public InternalLogger newInstance(String name) {
         final org.slf4j.Logger logger =
             org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger(name);
         return new InternalLogger() {
-            @Override
             public void debug(String msg) {
                 logger.debug(msg);
             }
 
-            @Override
             public void debug(String msg, Throwable cause) {
                 logger.debug(msg, cause);
             }
 
-            @Override
             public void error(String msg) {
                 logger.error(msg);
             }
 
-            @Override
             public void error(String msg, Throwable cause) {
                 logger.error(msg, cause);
             }
 
-            @Override
             public void info(String msg) {
                 logger.info(msg);
             }
 
-            @Override
             public void info(String msg, Throwable cause) {
                 logger.info(msg, cause);
             }
 
-            @Override
             public boolean isDebugEnabled() {
                 return logger.isDebugEnabled();
             }
 
-            @Override
             public boolean isErrorEnabled() {
                 return logger.isErrorEnabled();
             }
 
-            @Override
             public boolean isInfoEnabled() {
                 return logger.isInfoEnabled();
             }
 
-            @Override
             public boolean isWarnEnabled() {
                 return logger.isWarnEnabled();
             }
 
-            @Override
             public void warn(String msg) {
                 logger.warn(msg);
             }
 
-            @Override
             public void warn(String msg, Throwable cause) {
                 logger.warn(msg, cause);
             }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/util/NamePreservingRunnable.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/util/NamePreservingRunnable.java
index 519377435f..ac72b55312 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/util/NamePreservingRunnable.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/util/NamePreservingRunnable.java
@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@
 package org.jboss.netty.util;
 
 import org.jboss.netty.logging.InternalLogger;
+import org.jboss.netty.logging.InternalLoggerFactory;
 
 public class NamePreservingRunnable implements Runnable {
     private static final InternalLogger logger =
-        InternalLogger.getLogger(NamePreservingRunnable.class);
+        InternalLoggerFactory.getInstance(NamePreservingRunnable.class);
 
     private final String newName;
     private final Runnable runnable;