1 /**
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25 package org.slf4j.spi;
26
27 import org.slf4j.ILoggerFactory;
28
29 /**
30 * An internal interface which helps the static {@link org.slf4j.LoggerFactory}
31 * class bind with the appropriate {@link ILoggerFactory} instance.
32 *
33 * @author Ceki Gülcü
34 */
35 public interface LoggerFactoryBinder {
36
37 /**
38 * Return the instance of {@link ILoggerFactory} that
39 * {@link org.slf4j.LoggerFactory} class should bind to.
40 *
41 * @return the instance of {@link ILoggerFactory} that
42 * {@link org.slf4j.LoggerFactory} class should bind to.
43 */
44 public ILoggerFactory getLoggerFactory();
45
46 /**
47 * The String form of the {@link ILoggerFactory} object that this
48 * <code>LoggerFactoryBinder</code> instance is <em>intended</em> to return.
49 *
50 * <p>This method allows the developer to intterogate this binder's intention
51 * which may be different from the {@link ILoggerFactory} instance it is able to
52 * yield in practice. The discrepency should only occur in case of errors.
53 *
54 * @return the class name of the intended {@link ILoggerFactory} instance
55 */
56 public String getLoggerFactoryClassStr();
57 }