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025package org.slf4j.spi;
026
027import org.slf4j.IMarkerFactory;
028
029/**
030 * An internal interface which helps the static {@link org.slf4j.MarkerFactory} 
031 * class bind with the appropriate {@link IMarkerFactory} instance. 
032 * 
033 * @author Ceki Gülcü
034 * @deprecated
035 */
036public interface MarkerFactoryBinder {
037
038    /**
039     * Return the instance of {@link IMarkerFactory} that 
040     * {@link org.slf4j.MarkerFactory} class should bind to.
041     * 
042     * @return the instance of {@link IMarkerFactory} that 
043     * {@link org.slf4j.MarkerFactory} class should bind to.
044     */
045    public IMarkerFactory getMarkerFactory();
046
047    /**
048     * The String form of the {@link IMarkerFactory} object that this 
049     * <code>MarkerFactoryBinder</code> instance is <em>intended</em> to return. 
050     * 
051     * <p>This method allows the developer to interrogate this binder's intention
052     * which may be different from the {@link IMarkerFactory} instance it is able to 
053     * return. Such a discrepancy should only occur in case of errors.
054     * 
055     * @return the class name of the intended {@link IMarkerFactory} instance
056     */
057    public String getMarkerFactoryClassStr();
058}