001/**
002 * Logback: the reliable, generic, fast and flexible logging framework.
003 * Copyright (C) 1999-2015, QOS.ch. All rights reserved.
004 *
005 * This program and the accompanying materials are dual-licensed under
006 * either the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 as published by
007 * the Eclipse Foundation
008 *
009 *   or (per the licensee's choosing)
010 *
011 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1
012 * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
013 */
014package ch.qos.logback.core.joran.spi;
015
016import java.util.function.Supplier;
017
018import ch.qos.logback.core.joran.action.Action;
019
020/**
021 * 
022 * As its name indicates, a RuleStore contains 2-tuples consists of a
023 * ElementSelector and an Action.
024 * 
025 * <p>
026 * As a joran configurator goes through the elements in a document, it asks the
027 * rule store whether there are rules matching the current pattern by invoking
028 * the {@link #matchActions(ElementPath)} method.
029 * 
030 * @author Ceki G&uuml;lc&uuml;
031 * 
032 */
033public interface RuleStore {
034
035    /**
036     * Add a new rule, given by a pattern and an action class (String).
037     *
038     * @param elementSelector
039     * @param actionClassStr
040     * @throws ClassNotFoundException
041     */
042    void addRule(ElementSelector elementSelector, String actionClassStr) throws ClassNotFoundException;
043
044    /**
045     * Add a new rule, given by a pattern and an action instance.
046     *
047     * @param elementSelector
048     * @param action
049     */
050    void addRule(ElementSelector elementSelector, Supplier<Action> actionSupplier);
051
052    /**
053     * Return a list of actions matching a pattern.
054     *
055     * @param elementPath the path to match for
056     * @return list of matching actions
057     */
058    Supplier<Action> matchActions(ElementPath elementPath);
059    
060    void addTransparentPathPart(String pathPart);
061}