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/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
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module com { module sun { module star { module logging {


/** specifies the interface to be used for formatting log records

    @see XLogHandler

    @since OOo 2.3
*/
interface XLogFormatter
{
    /** returns the header string for the log

        <p>This can be used to generate a header string, which by the XLogHandler
        is emitted to its output channel before actually logging any concrete
        LogRecord.</p>

        <p>For instance, a formatter might produce table-like plain text output,
        and could return a table-head string (potentially including line breaks)
        here.</p>
    */
    string  getHead();

    /** formats the given log record for output

        <p>A XLogHandler will call this method to format a given
        log record. The resulting string will be emitted to the handler's output
        channel, without processing it any further (except possibly encoding it with
        the handler's <code>Encoding</code>).</p>
    */
    string  format( [in] LogRecord Record );

    /** returns the footer string for the log

        <p>This can be used to generate a footer string, which by the XLogHandler
        is emitted to its output channel before it is finally being closed.</p>
    */
    string  getTail();
};


}; }; }; };


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