code: public void log(Object... args) {
          if (!isRateLimited()) {
              level.log(logger, message, args);
          }
          incrementStats();
      }
docs: logging APIs.
  
  These can use the SLF4J style of templating to parameterize the Logs.
  See http://www.slf4j.org/api/org/slf4j/helpers/MessageFormatter.html .
  
  <pre>
  rateLimitedLog.info("Just saw an event of type {}: {}", event.getType(), event);
  </pre>
  
  @param args the varargs list of arguments matching the message template