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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); }





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