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package co.elastic.apm.agent.sdk.logging;
public interface ILoggerFactory {
/**
* Return an appropriate {@link Logger} instance as specified by the
* name parameter.
*
* If the name parameter is equal to {@link Logger#ROOT_LOGGER_NAME}, that is
* the string value "ROOT" (case insensitive), then the root logger of the
* underlying logging system is returned.
*
*
Null-valued name arguments are considered invalid.
*
*
Certain extremely simple logging systems, e.g. NOP, may always
* return the same logger instance regardless of the requested name.
*
* @param name the name of the Logger to return
* @return a Logger instance
*/
Logger getLogger(String name);
}