src/java/org/apache/log4j/spi/Decoder.java

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package org.apache.log4j.spi;


import java.io.IOException;

import java.net.URL;

import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Vector;


/**
 *  Allow LoggingEvents to be reconstructed from a different format 
 * (usually XML).
 *
 *  @author Scott Deboy <sdeboy@apache.org>
 */
public interface Decoder {
  Vector decodeEvents(String document);

  LoggingEvent decode(String event);

  Vector decode(URL url) throws IOException;

  void setAdditionalProperties(Map additionalProperties);
}