    001/*
    002 * Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
    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
    014 * limitations under the License.
    015 */
    016
    017package org.apache.log4j.spi;
    018
    019import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
    020
    021/**
    022
    023  Implement this interface to create new instances of Logger or
    024  a sub-class of Logger.
    025
    026  <p>See <code>examples/subclass/MyLogger.java</code> for an example.
    027
    028  @author Ceki G&uuml;lc&uuml;
    029  @since version 0.8.5
    030
    031 */
    032public interface LoggerFactory {
    033
    034    public Logger makeNewLoggerInstance(String name);
    035
    036}