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#ifndef _ACTIVEMQ_LOGGER_FORMATTER_H_
#define _ACTIVEMQ_LOGGER_FORMATTER_H_

namespace activemq{
namespace logger{

    /**
     * A Formatter provides support for formatting LogRecords.
     *
     * Typically each logging Handler will have a Formatter associated with
     * it. The Formatter takes a LogRecord and converts it to a string.
     *
     * Some formatters (such as the XMLFormatter) need to wrap head and
     * tail strings around a set of formatted records. The getHeader and
     * getTail methods can be used to obtain these strings.
     */
    class Formatter {
    public:

        virtual ~Formatter() {}

        /**
         * Format the given log record and return the formatted string.
         * @param record The Log Record to Format
         * @returns the formatted record.
         */
        virtual std::string format( const LogRecord& record ) const = 0;

        /**
         * Format the message string from a log record.
         * @param record The Log Record to Format
         * @returns the formatted message
         */
        virtual std::string formatMessage( const LogRecord& record ) const = 0;

        /**
         * Return the header string for a set of formatted records.  In the
         * default implementation this method should return empty string
         * @param handler the target handler, can be null
         * @return the head string
         */
        virtual std::string getHead( const Handler* handler ) = 0;

        /**
         * Return the tail string for a set of formatted records.  In the
         * default implementation this method should return empty string
         * @param handler the target handler, can be null
         * @return the tail string
         */
        virtual std::string getTail( const Handler* handler ) = 0;

    };

}}

#endif /*_ACTIVEMQ_LOGGER_FORMATTER_H_*/