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package org.jboss.logging;

/**
 * A factory for producing logger plugins.  Implementations may implement some type of caching/reuse.
 */
public interface LoggerPlugin
{
    /**
     * Get a logger plugin instance with the given name.  The returned instance may be a cached or newly
     * created instance.
     * 
     * @param name the logger category name
     * @param resourceBundleName the resource bundle name
     * @return the corresponding logger plugin instance
     */
    LoggerPluginInstance getInstance(String name, String resourceBundleName);
}