1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gitblit/wicket/panels/BasePanel.java b/src/main/java/com/gitblit/wicket/panels/BasePanel.java
index e8f8f6f2..73f8e471 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gitblit/wicket/panels/BasePanel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gitblit/wicket/panels/BasePanel.java
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import org.apache.wicket.AttributeModifier;
 import org.apache.wicket.Component;
 import org.apache.wicket.markup.html.panel.Panel;
 import org.apache.wicket.model.Model;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import com.gitblit.Constants;
 import com.gitblit.Keys;
@@ -36,6 +38,8 @@ public abstract class BasePanel extends Panel {
 
 	private transient TimeUtils timeUtils;
 
+	private transient Logger logger;
+
 	public BasePanel(String wicketId) {
 		super(wicketId);
 	}
@@ -44,6 +48,13 @@ public abstract class BasePanel extends Panel {
 		return GitBlitWebApp.get();
 	}
 
+	protected Logger logger() {
+		if (logger == null) {
+			logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());
+		}
+		return logger;
+	}
+
 	protected String getContextUrl() {
 		return getRequest().getRelativePathPrefixToContextRoot();
 	}