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package de.micromata.genome.logging;
/**
* The category has to match in the data base.
*
* @author roger
*/
public interface LogCategory
{
/**
* Short Name, commonly name() of the enumeration.
*
* @return the string
*/
public String name();
/**
* Fully Qualified name seperated with dots
*
* Normally prefix + . + name is fq name
*
* Common implementation is getClass.getSimpleName() + "." + getName()
*
* @return the fully qualified name
*/
public String getFqName();
/**
* A short prefix
*
* @return the current prefix
*/
public String getPrefix();
}