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package org.slf4j;
/**
* ILoggerFactory instances manufacture {@link Logger}
* instances by name.
*
* Most users retrieve {@link Logger} instances through the static
* {@link LoggerFactory#getLogger(String)} method. An instance of of this
* interface is bound internally with {@link LoggerFactory} class at
* compile time. Only developers of SLF4J conforming logging systems
* need to worry about this interface.
*
*
See the section Implementing
* the SLF4J API in the FAQ for details on how to make your logging
* system conform to SLF4J.
*
* @author Ceki Gülcü
*/
public interface ILoggerFactory {
/**
* Return an appropriate {@link Logger} instance as specified by the
* name parameter.
*
*
Null-valued name arguments are considered invalid.
*
*
Certain extremely simple logging systems, e.g. NOP, may always
* return the same logger instance regardless of the requested name.
*
* @param name the name of the Logger to return
*/
public Logger getLogger(String name);
}