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package org.apache.poi.util;

/**
 * A logger class that strives to make it as easy as possible for
 * developers to write log calls, while simultaneously making those
 * calls as cheap as possible by performing lazy evaluation of the log
 * message.<p>
 */
@Internal
public class NullLogger extends POILogger {
    @Override
    public void initialize(final String cat) {
       // do nothing
    }

    /**
     * Log a message
     *
     * @param level One of DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR, FATAL
     * @param obj1 The object to log.
     */

    @Override
    protected void _log(final int level, final Object obj1) {
        // do nothing
    }

    /**
     * Log a message
     *
     * @param level One of DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR, FATAL
     * @param obj1 The object to log.  This is converted to a string.
     * @param exception An exception to be logged
     */
    @Override
    protected void _log(int level, Object obj1, final Throwable exception) {
        // do nothing
    }

    /**
     * Log a message. Lazily appends Object parameters together.
     * If the last parameter is a {@link Throwable} it is logged specially.
     *
     * @param level One of DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR, FATAL
     * @param objs the objects to place in the message
     */
    @Override
    public void log(int level, Object... objs) {
        // do nothing
    }

    
    /**
     * Check if a logger is enabled to log at the specified level
     *
     * @param level One of DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR, FATAL
     */
    @Override
    public boolean check(final int level) {
       return false;
    }
}