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/**
 * Copyright (c) 2004-2011 QOS.ch
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * Permission is hereby granted, free  of charge, to any person obtaining
 * a  copy  of this  software  and  associated  documentation files  (the
 * "Software"), to  deal in  the Software without  restriction, including
 * without limitation  the rights to  use, copy, modify,  merge, publish,
 * distribute,  sublicense, and/or sell  copies of  the Software,  and to
 * permit persons to whom the Software  is furnished to do so, subject to
 * the following conditions:
 *
 * The  above  copyright  notice  and  this permission  notice  shall  be
 * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 *
 * THE  SOFTWARE IS  PROVIDED  "AS  IS", WITHOUT  WARRANTY  OF ANY  KIND,
 * EXPRESS OR  IMPLIED, INCLUDING  BUT NOT LIMITED  TO THE  WARRANTIES OF
 * MERCHANTABILITY,    FITNESS    FOR    A   PARTICULAR    PURPOSE    AND
 * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
 * LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
 * OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,  ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
 * WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 *
 */
package org.slf4j.spi;

import org.slf4j.ILoggerFactory;

An internal interface which helps the static LoggerFactory class bind with the appropriate ILoggerFactory instance. 
Author:
Ceki Gülcü/**
 * An internal interface which helps the static {@link org.slf4j.LoggerFactory} 
 * class bind with the appropriate {@link ILoggerFactory} instance. 
 * 
 * @author Ceki Gülcü
 */
public interface LoggerFactoryBinder {

    
Return the instance of ILoggerFactory that LoggerFactory class should bind to. 
Returns:
the instance of ILoggerFactory that LoggerFactory class should bind to./**
     * Return the instance of {@link ILoggerFactory} that 
     * {@link org.slf4j.LoggerFactory} class should bind to.
     * 
     * @return the instance of {@link ILoggerFactory} that 
     * {@link org.slf4j.LoggerFactory} class should bind to.
     */
    public ILoggerFactory getLoggerFactory();

    
The String form of the ILoggerFactory object that this LoggerFactoryBinder instance is intended to return. 
This method allows the developer to interrogate this binder's intention which may be different from the ILoggerFactory instance it is able to yield in practice. The discrepancy should only occur in case of errors. 
Returns:
the class name of the intended ILoggerFactory instance/**
     * The String form of the {@link ILoggerFactory} object that this 
     * <code>LoggerFactoryBinder</code> instance is <em>intended</em> to return. 
     * 
     * <p>This method allows the developer to interrogate this binder's intention
     * which may be different from the {@link ILoggerFactory} instance it is able to 
     * yield in practice. The discrepancy should only occur in case of errors.
     * 
     * @return the class name of the intended {@link ILoggerFactory} instance
     */
    public String getLoggerFactoryClassStr();
}