1 /**
2 * Logback: the reliable, generic, fast and flexible logging framework.
3 * Copyright (C) 1999-2011, QOS.ch. All rights reserved.
4 *
5 * This program and the accompanying materials are dual-licensed under
6 * either the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 as published by
7 * the Eclipse Foundation
8 *
9 * or (per the licensee's choosing)
10 *
11 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1
12 * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
13 */
14 package ch.qos.logback.classic.selector;
15
16 import java.util.List;
17
18 import ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext;
19
20 /**
21 * An interface that provides access to different contexts.
22 *
23 * It is used by the LoggerFactory to access the context
24 * it will use to retrieve loggers.
25 *
26 * @author Ceki Gülcü
27 * @author Sébastien Pennec
28 */
29 public interface ContextSelector {
30
31 public LoggerContext getLoggerContext();
32
33 public LoggerContext getLoggerContext(String name);
34
35 public LoggerContext getDefaultLoggerContext();
36
37 public LoggerContext detachLoggerContext(String loggerContextName);
38
39 public List<String> getContextNames();
40 }