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package org.apache.logging.log4j.core.jmx;

import java.util.List;

import javax.management.ObjectName;

import org.apache.logging.log4j.status.StatusData;

/**
 * The MBean interface for monitoring and managing the {@code StatusLogger}.
 */
public interface StatusLoggerAdminMBean {
    /**
     * ObjectName pattern ({@value}) for StatusLoggerAdmin MBeans.
     * This pattern contains a variable, which is the name of the logger context.
     * 
     * You can find all registered StatusLoggerAdmin MBeans like this:
     * 
     *      * MBeanServer mbs = ManagementFactory.getPlatformMBeanServer();
     * String pattern = String.format(StatusLoggerAdminMBean.PATTERN, "*");
     * Set<ObjectName> statusLoggerNames = mbs.queryNames(new ObjectName(pattern), null);
     * 
     * 
     * Some characters are not allowed in ObjectNames. The logger context name
     * may be quoted. When StatusLoggerAdmin MBeans are
     * registered, their ObjectNames are created using this pattern as follows:
     * 
     *      * String ctxName = Server.escape(loggerContext.getName());
     * String name = String.format(PATTERN, ctxName);
     * ObjectName objectName = new ObjectName(name);
     * 
     * @see Server#escape(String)
     */
    String PATTERN = Server.DOMAIN + ":type=%s,component=StatusLogger";

    /**
     * Notifications with this type have a {@code StatusData} userData object
     * and a {@code null} message.
     */
    String NOTIF_TYPE_DATA = "com.apache.logging.log4j.core.jmx.statuslogger.data";

    /**
     * Notifications with this type have a formatted status data message string
     * but no {@code StatusData} in their userData field.
     */
    String NOTIF_TYPE_MESSAGE = "com.apache.logging.log4j.core.jmx.statuslogger.message";

    /**
     * Returns the {@code ObjectName} that this status logger mbean is registered with.
     * @return the ObjectName of this StatusLogger MBean
     */
    ObjectName getObjectName();

    /**
     * Returns a list with the most recent {@code StatusData} objects in the
     * status history. The list has up to 200 entries by default but the length
     * can be configured with system property {@code "log4j2.status.entries"}.
     * 
     * Note that the returned objects may contain {@code Throwable}s from
     * external libraries.
     * 
     * 
     * JMX clients calling this method must be prepared to deal with the errors
     * that occur if they do not have the class definition for such
     * {@code Throwable}s in their classpath.
     * 
     *
     * @return the most recent messages logged by the {@code StatusLogger}.
     */
    List getStatusData();

    /**
     * Returns a string array with the most recent messages in the status
     * history. The list has up to 200 entries by default but the length can be
     * configured with system property {@code "log4j2.status.entries"}.
     *
     * @return the most recent messages logged by the {@code StatusLogger}.
     */
    String[] getStatusDataHistory();

    /**
     * Returns the {@code StatusLogger} level as a String.
     *
     * @return the {@code StatusLogger} level.
     */
    String getLevel();

    /**
     * Sets the {@code StatusLogger} level to the specified value.
     *
     * @param level the new {@code StatusLogger} level.
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the specified level is not one of
     *             "OFF", "FATAL", "ERROR", "WARN", "INFO", "DEBUG", "TRACE",
     *             "ALL"
     */
    void setLevel(String level);

    /**
     * Returns the name of the LoggerContext that the {@code StatusLogger} is associated with.
     * @return logger context name
     */
    String getContextName();
}