| /* |
| * Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation. |
| * |
| * Licensed 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 |
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| */ |
| |
| package org.apache.log4j.spi; |
| |
| import java.net.URL; |
| |
| /** |
| Implemented by classes capable of configuring log4j using a URL. |
| |
| @since 1.0 |
| @author Anders Kristensen |
| */ |
| public interface Configurator { |
| |
| /** |
| Special level value signifying inherited behaviour. The current |
| value of this string constant is <b>inherited</b>. {@link #NULL} |
| is a synonym. */ |
| public static final String INHERITED = "inherited"; |
| |
| /** |
| Special level signifying inherited behaviour, same as {@link |
| #INHERITED}. The current value of this string constant is |
| <b>null</b>. */ |
| public static final String NULL = "null"; |
| |
| /** |
| Interpret a resource pointed by a URL and set up log4j accordingly. |
| |
| The configuration is done relative to the <code>hierarchy</code> |
| parameter. |
| |
| @param url The URL to parse |
| @param repository The hierarchy to operation upon. |
| */ |
| void doConfigure(URL url, LoggerRepository repository); |
| } |