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1   /**
2    * Copyright (c) 2004-2011 QOS.ch
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25  package org.slf4j.spi;
26  
27  import org.slf4j.Logger;
28  import org.slf4j.Marker;
29  
30  /**
31   * An <b>optional</b> interface helping integration with logging systems capable of 
32   * extracting location information. This interface is mainly used by SLF4J bridges 
33   * such as jcl-over-slf4j, jul-to-slf4j and log4j-over-slf4j or {@link Logger} wrappers
34   * which need to provide hints so that the underlying logging system can extract
35   * the correct location information (method name, line number).
36   *
37   * @author Ceki G&uuml;lc&uuml;
38   * @since 1.3
39   */
40  public interface LocationAwareLogger extends Logger {
41  
42      // these constants should be in EventConstants. However, in order to preserve binary backward compatibility
43      // we keep these constants here. {@link EventConstants} redefines these constants using the values  below.
44      final public int TRACE_INT = 00;
45      final public int DEBUG_INT = 10;
46      final public int INFO_INT = 20;
47      final public int WARN_INT = 30;
48      final public int ERROR_INT = 40;
49  
50      /**
51       * Printing method with support for location information. 
52       * 
53       * @param marker The marker to be used for this event, may be null.
54       * 
55       * @param fqcn The fully qualified class name of the <b>logger instance</b>,
56       * typically the logger class, logger bridge or a logger wrapper.
57       * 
58       * @param level One of the level integers defined in this interface
59       * 
60       * @param message The message for the log event
61       * @param t Throwable associated with the log event, may be null.
62       */
63      public void log(Marker marker, String fqcn, int level, String message, Object[] argArray, Throwable t);
64  
65  }