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* Copyright 2011 Future Systems
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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*
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package org.krakenapps.syslogmon;
import org.krakenapps.syslog.Syslog;
/**
* Syslog classifier identifies original log sources from one remote syslog
* source and support multi-tenancy. By default, syslog source is identified by
* remote address and syslog facility. However, some log server relays syslog
* from multiple sources. In most case, syslog contains hostname.
* SyslogClassifier extracts identifier for virtual syslog logger.
*
* @author xeraph@nchovy.com
* @since 1.1.0
*
*/
public interface SyslogClassifier {
/**
* @return the classified identifier. e.g. hostname
*/
String classify(Syslog syslog);
}