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package org.slf4j;
/**
* ILoggerFactory instances manufacture {@link Logger}
* instances by name.
*
* Most users retrieve {@link Logger} instances through the static
* {@link LoggerFactory#getLogger(String)} method. An instance of of this
* interface is bound internally with {@link LoggerFactory} class at
* compile time.
*
* @author Ceki Gülcü
*/
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
*/
public Logger getLogger(String name);
}