/* * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache license, Version 2.0 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the license for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the license. */ package org.apache.log4j.spi; /** The <code>LogManager</code> uses one (and only one) <code>RepositorySelector</code> implementation to select the {@link org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggerRepository} for a particular application context. <p>It is the responsibility of the <code>RepositorySelector</code> implementation to track the application context. Log4j makes no assumptions about the application context or on its management. <p>See also {@link org.apache.log4j.LogManager LogManager}. @since 1.2 */ public interface RepositorySelector { /** * Returns a {@link org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggerRepository} depending on the * context. Implementers must make sure that a valid (non-null) * LoggerRepository is returned. * @return a LoggerRepository. */ LoggerRepository getLoggerRepository(); }