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package org.apache.logging.log4j.spi;
import java.net.URI;
/**
* Implemented by factories that create {@link LoggerContext} objects.
*/
public interface LoggerContextFactory {
/**
* Creates a {@link LoggerContext}.
*
* @param fqcn The fully qualified class name of the caller.
* @param loader The ClassLoader to use or null.
* @param currentContext If true returns the current Context, if false returns the Context appropriate
* for the caller if a more appropriate Context can be determined.
* @param externalContext An external context (such as a ServletContext) to be associated with the LoggerContext.
* @return The LoggerContext.
*/
LoggerContext getContext(String fqcn, ClassLoader loader, Object externalContext, boolean currentContext);
/**
* Creates a {@link LoggerContext}.
*
* @param fqcn The fully qualified class name of the caller.
* @param loader The ClassLoader to use or null.
* @param currentContext If true returns the current Context, if false returns the Context appropriate
* for the caller if a more appropriate Context can be determined.
* @param configLocation The location of the configuration for the LoggerContext.
* @param externalContext An external context (such as a ServletContext) to be associated with the LoggerContext.
* @param name The name of the context or null.
* @return The LoggerContext.
*/
LoggerContext getContext(String fqcn, ClassLoader loader, Object externalContext, boolean currentContext,
URI configLocation, String name);
/**
* Removes knowledge of a LoggerContext.
*
* @param context The context to remove.
*/
void removeContext(LoggerContext context);
}