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package org.apache.log4j.spi;
/**
*
* Implementions of this interface allow certain appenders to decide when to
* perform an appender specific action.
*
*
* For example the {@link org.apache.log4j.net.SMTPAppender} sends an email when
* the {@link #isTriggeringEvent} method returns true and adds the
* event to an internal buffer when the returned result is false.
*
* @author Ceki Gülcü
* @since version 1.0
*
*/
public interface TriggeringEventEvaluator {
/**
* Is this the triggering event?
*/
public boolean isTriggeringEvent(LoggingEvent event);
}