| /** |
| * Copyright (c) 2004-2011 QOS.ch |
| * All rights reserved. |
| * |
| * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining |
| * a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the |
| * "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including |
| * without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, |
| * distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to |
| * permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to |
| * the following conditions: |
| * |
| * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be |
| * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. |
| * |
| * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, |
| * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF |
| * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND |
| * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE |
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| * OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION |
| * WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. |
| * |
| */ |
| package org.slf4j; |
| |
| |
| /** |
| * <code>ILoggerFactory</code> instances manufacture {@link Logger} |
| * instances by name. |
| * |
| * <p>Most users retrieve {@link Logger} instances through the static |
| * {@link LoggerFactory#getLogger(String)} method. An instance of of this |
| * interface is bound internally with {@link LoggerFactory} class at |
| * compile time. |
| * |
| * @author Ceki Gülcü |
| */ |
| public interface ILoggerFactory { |
| |
| /** |
| * Return an appropriate {@link Logger} instance as specified by the |
| * <code>name</code> parameter. |
| * |
| * <p>If the name parameter is equal to {@link Logger#ROOT_LOGGER_NAME}, that is |
| * the string value "ROOT" (case insensitive), then the root logger of the |
| * underlying logging system is returned. |
| * |
| * <p>Null-valued name arguments are considered invalid. |
| * |
| * <p>Certain extremely simple logging systems, e.g. NOP, may always |
| * return the same logger instance regardless of the requested name. |
| * |
| * @param name the name of the Logger to return |
| */ |
| public Logger getLogger(String name); |
| } |
