Singleton logger instead of extending ClassLogging everywhere you log

TheLogger.scala

//Depends on https://github.com/nestorpersist/logging

import java.net.InetAddress
import akka.actor.ActorSystem
import com.persist.logging.{ ClassLogging, Logger, LoggingSystem }

/**
 * The purpose of this object is to provide a shared logger for use throughout the program
 * To use instead of mixing ClassLogging into a class use the following import:
 * import TheLogger.{ logInstance => log }
 */
object TheLogger extends ClassLogging {
  private val logSystem = ActorSystem("Logging")
  private val logHost = InetAddress.getLocalHost.getHostName

  //Needed to initialize the logging system, logs won't be generated if this is not called
  private val testLoggingSystem: LoggingSystem = LoggingSystem(logSystem, "MyService", "1", logHost)

  //Expose protected log by giving it a new name
  lazy val logInstance: Logger = log
}