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package org.apache.logging.log4j.spi;

Interface to be implemented by LoggerContext's that provide a shutdown method.
Since:
2.6/**
 * Interface to be implemented by LoggerContext's that provide a shutdown method.
 * @since 2.6
 */
public interface Terminable {

    
Requests that the logging implementation shut down.
This call is synchronous and will block until shut down is complete.
This may include flushing pending log events over network connections.
/**
     * Requests that the logging implementation shut down.
     *
     * This call is synchronous and will block until shut down is complete.
     * This may include flushing pending log events over network connections.
     */
    void terminate();
}