1 /* 2 * Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation. 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 17 package org.apache.log4j.spi; 18 19 import org.apache.log4j.Logger; 20 21 /** 22 23 Implement this interface to create new instances of Logger or 24 a sub-class of Logger. 25 26 <p>See <code>examples/subclass/MyLogger.java</code> for an example. 27 28 @author Ceki Gülcü 29 @since version 0.8.5 30 31 */ 32 public interface LoggerFactory { 33 makeNewLoggerInstance(String name)34 public Logger makeNewLoggerInstance(String name); 35 36 } 37