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package org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.services;
/**
* Used by {@link org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.services.LoggingDecorator} to track which exceptions have been logged during
* the current request (the ExceptionTracker is perthread). This keeps redundant information from appearing in the
* console output.
*/
public interface ExceptionTracker
{
/**
* Returns true if the indicated exception has already been logged (it is assumed that the exception will be logged
* if this method returns false). The exception is recorded for later checks.
*
* @param exception to check
* @return false if the exception has not been previously checked, true otherwise
*/
boolean exceptionLogged(Throwable exception);
}