Index: /Users/dragonfly/Documents/workspace_sdavids/s/src/main/java/org/slf4j/MDC.java
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--- /Users/dragonfly/Documents/workspace_sdavids/s/src/main/java/org/slf4j/MDC.java	(revision 858)
+++ /Users/dragonfly/Documents/workspace_sdavids/s/src/main/java/org/slf4j/MDC.java	(working copy)
@@ -58,6 +58,29 @@
  */
 public class MDC {
 
+  private static final class NullAdapter implements MDCAdapter {
+
+    /** {@inheritDoc}*/
+    public void clear() {
+      //ignore
+    }
+
+    /** {@inheritDoc}*/
+    public String get(String key) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    /** {@inheritDoc}*/
+    public void put(String key, String val) {
+      //ignore
+    }
+
+    /** {@inheritDoc}*/
+    public void remove(String key) {
+      //ignore
+    }
+  }
+  
   static final String NULL_MDCA_URL = "http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#null_MDCA";
   static final String NO_STATIC_MDC_BINDER_URL = "http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#no_static_mdc_binder";
   static MDCAdapter mdcAdapter;
@@ -73,9 +96,9 @@
       if(msg != null && msg.indexOf("org/slf4j/impl/StaticMDCBinder") != -1) {
         Util.reportFailure("Failed to load class \"org.slf4j.impl.StaticMDCBinder\".");
         Util.reportFailure("See "+NO_STATIC_MDC_BINDER_URL+" for further details.");
-        
-      } 
-      throw ncde;
+        Util.reportFailure("Using Null-Adapter.");
+      }
+      mdcAdapter = new NullAdapter();
     } catch (Exception e) {
       // we should never get here
       Util.reportFailure("Could not bind with an instance of class ["
@@ -80,6 +103,8 @@
       // we should never get here
       Util.reportFailure("Could not bind with an instance of class ["
           + StaticMDCBinder.SINGLETON.getMDCAdapterClassStr() + "]", e);
+      Util.reportFailure("Using Null-Adapter.");
+      mdcAdapter = new NullAdapter();
     }
   }