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package org.slf4j.spi;

import org.slf4j.IMarkerFactory;


/**
 * An internal interface which helps the static {@link org.slf4j.MarkerFactory} 
 * class bind with the appropriate {@link IMarkerFactory} instance. 
 * 
 * @author Ceki Gülcü
 */
public interface MarkerFactoryBinder {

  /**
   * Return the instance of {@link IMarkerFactory} that 
   * {@link org.slf4j.MarkerFactory} class should bind to.
   * 
   * @return the instance of {@link IMarkerFactory} that 
   * {@link org.slf4j.MarkerFactory} class should bind to.
   */
  public IMarkerFactory getMarkerFactory();

  /**
   * The String form of the {@link IMarkerFactory} object that this 
   * MarkerFactoryBinder instance is intended to return. 
   * 
   * This method allows the developer to intterogate this binder's intention 
   * which may be different from the {@link IMarkerFactory} instance it is able to 
   * return. Such a discrepency should only occur in case of errors.
   * 
   * @return the class name of the intended {@link IMarkerFactory} instance
   */
  public String getMarkerFactoryClassStr();
}