#region Apache License
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//
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// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
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// contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
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// this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
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// The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
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// (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
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// the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
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//
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// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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//
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// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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// limitations under the License.
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//
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#endregion
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namespace log4net.Repository.Hierarchy
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{
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/// <summary>
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/// Interface abstracts creation of <see cref="Logger"/> instances
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/// </summary>
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/// <remarks>
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/// <para>
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/// This interface is used by the <see cref="Hierarchy"/> to
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/// create new <see cref="Logger"/> objects.
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/// </para>
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/// <para>
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/// The <see cref="CreateLogger"/> method is called
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/// to create a named <see cref="Logger" />.
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/// </para>
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/// <para>
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/// Implement this interface to create new subclasses of <see cref="Logger" />.
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/// </para>
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/// </remarks>
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/// <author>Nicko Cadell</author>
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/// <author>Gert Driesen</author>
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public interface ILoggerFactory
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{
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/// <summary>
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/// Create a new <see cref="Logger" /> instance
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/// </summary>
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/// <param name="repository">The <see cref="ILoggerRepository" /> that will own the <see cref="Logger" />.</param>
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/// <param name="name">The name of the <see cref="Logger" />.</param>
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/// <returns>The <see cref="Logger" /> instance for the specified name.</returns>
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/// <remarks>
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/// <para>
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/// Create a new <see cref="Logger" /> instance with the
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/// specified name.
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/// </para>
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/// <para>
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/// Called by the <see cref="Hierarchy"/> to create
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/// new named <see cref="Logger"/> instances.
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/// </para>
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/// <para>
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/// If the <paramref name="name"/> is <c>null</c> then the root logger
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/// must be returned.
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/// </para>
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/// </remarks>
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Logger CreateLogger(ILoggerRepository repository, string name);
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}
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}
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