FileLogger.java

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package com.addthis.basis.util;


/**
 * Interface for a trivially simple "logger" that just writes lines
 * and can be turned on and off. No concept of log levels or other
 * nice things.  In general, log4j, slf4j, etc should be preferred to
 * this.
 */
public interface FileLogger {

    public boolean isLogging();

    public void startLogging();

    public void stopLogging();

    public void writeLine(String line);
}