    001/**
    002 * Copyright (c) 2004-2011 QOS.ch
    003 * All rights reserved.
    004 *
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    010 * permit persons to whom the Software  is furnished to do so, subject to
    011 * the following conditions:
    012 *
    013 * The  above  copyright  notice  and  this permission  notice  shall  be
    014 * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
    015 *
    016 * THE  SOFTWARE IS  PROVIDED  "AS  IS", WITHOUT  WARRANTY  OF ANY  KIND,
    017 * EXPRESS OR  IMPLIED, INCLUDING  BUT NOT LIMITED  TO THE  WARRANTIES OF
    018 * MERCHANTABILITY,    FITNESS    FOR    A   PARTICULAR    PURPOSE    AND
    019 * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
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    021 * OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,  ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
    022 * WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
    023 *
    024 */
    025package org.slf4j.spi;
    026
    027import org.slf4j.Logger;
    028import org.slf4j.Marker;
    029
    030/**
    031 * An <b>optional</b> interface helping integration with logging systems capable of
    032 * extracting location information. This interface is mainly used by SLF4J bridges
    033 * such as jcl-over-slf4j, jul-to-slf4j and log4j-over-slf4j or {@link Logger} wrappers
    034 * which need to provide hints so that the underlying logging system can extract
    035 * the correct location information (method name, line number).
    036 *
    037 * @author Ceki Gulcu
    038 * @since 1.3
    039 */
    040public interface LocationAwareLogger extends Logger {
    041
    042    // these constants should be in EventContants. However, in order to preserve binary backward compatibility
    043    // we keep these constants here
    044    final public int TRACE_INT = 00;
    045    final public int DEBUG_INT = 10;
    046    final public int INFO_INT = 20;
    047    final public int WARN_INT = 30;
    048    final public int ERROR_INT = 40;
    049
    050    /**
    051     * Printing method with support for location information.
    052     *
    053     * @param marker The marker to be used for this event, may be null.
    054     * @param fqcn The fully qualified class name of the <b>logger instance</b>,
    055     * typically the logger class, logger bridge or a logger wrapper.
    056     * @param level One of the level integers defined in this interface
    057     * @param message The message for the log event
    058     * @param t Throwable associated with the log event, may be null.
    059     */
    060    public void log(Marker marker, String fqcn, int level, String message, Object[] argArray, Throwable t);
    061
    062}