001/*
002 *  Copyright 2017 Anyware Services
003 *
004 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005 *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006 *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
007 *
008 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
009 *
010 *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011 *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
012 *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
013 *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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015 */
016package org.ametys.runtime.log;
017
018import org.apache.log4j.Appender;
019import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
020
021/**
022 * This interface represent a logger that can be added at runtime
023 */
024public interface ExternalLog
025{
026    /**
027     * Get the appender
028     * @return an appender that can be added to a category
029     * @throws Exception something went wrong
030     */
031    public Appender getAppender() throws Exception;
032
033    /**
034     * Get or Create a category
035     * @return a category from logManager
036     */
037    public Logger getCategory();
038}