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      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 G&uuml;lc&uuml;
     29   @since version 0.8.5
     30 
     31  */
     32 public interface LoggerFactory {
     33 
     34     public Logger makeNewLoggerInstance(String name);
     35 
     36 }
     37