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package org.apache.log4j.chainsaw.color;

import org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent;

import java.awt.Color;


/**
 * Given a LoggingEvent, can determine an appropriate
 * Color to use based on whatever this implementation
 * has been coded.
 * 
 * @author Paul Smith <psmith@apache.org>
 * @author Scott Deboy <sdeboy@apache.org>
 */
public interface Colorizer {
  /**
   * Given a LoggingEvent, returns a Color to use for background, 
   * or null if this instance cannot determine one, or that
   * the stanard color should be used.
   * @param event
   * @return background color 
   */
  public Color getBackgroundColor(LoggingEvent event);
  
  public Color getForegroundColor(LoggingEvent event);
}