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The Pax Logging API Library is to allow for the Pax Logging Service to be reloaded without stopping the many dependent bundles. It also contains the OSGi Log Service API and the Knopflerfish Log API.

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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();
}