1 /*
2 * Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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15 */
16
17 package org.apache.log4j.spi;
18
19 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
20
21 /**
22
23 Implement this interface to create new instances of Logger or
24 a sub-class of Logger.
25
26 <p>See <code>examples/subclass/MyLogger.java</code> for an example.
27
28 @author Ceki Gülcü
29 @since version 0.8.5
30
31 */
32 public interface LoggerFactory {
33
34 public
35 Logger makeNewLoggerInstance(String name);
36
37 }