True, and using %1$s style references in the format in order to change their ordering is a lot uglier than overriding a method. In my last example, I did provid

True, and using %1$s style references in the format in order to change their ordering is a lot uglier than overriding a method. In my last example, I did provide a formatMessage() which was the equivalent of the createLogMessage() for purposes of overriding. Best of both worlds :)