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package org.slf4j.spi;
import org.slf4j.IMarkerFactory;
/**
* An internal interface which helps the static {@link org.slf4j.MarkerFactory}
* class bind with the appropriate {@link IMarkerFactory} instance.
*
* @author Ceki Gülcü
*/
public interface MarkerFactoryBinder {
/**
* Return the instance of {@link IMarkerFactory} that
* {@link org.slf4j.MarkerFactory} class should bind to.
*
* @return the instance of {@link IMarkerFactory} that
* {@link org.slf4j.MarkerFactory} class should bind to.
*/
public IMarkerFactory getMarkerFactory();
/**
* The String form of the {@link IMarkerFactory} object that this
* <code>MarkerFactoryBinder</code> instance is <em>intended</em> to return.
*
* <p>This method allows the developer to intterogate this binder's intention
* which may be different from the {@link IMarkerFactory} instance it is able to
* return. Such a discrepency should only occur in case of errors.
*
* @return the class name of the intended {@link IMarkerFactory} instance
*/
public String getMarkerFactoryClassStr();
}