1   /**
2    * Logback: the reliable, generic, fast and flexible logging framework.
3    * Copyright (C) 1999-2015, 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 it will use to retrieve
24   * loggers.
25   *
26   * @author Ceki Gülcü
27   * @author Sébastien Pennec
28   */
29  public interface ContextSelector {
30  
31      LoggerContext getLoggerContext();
32  
33      LoggerContext getLoggerContext(String name);
34  
35      LoggerContext getDefaultLoggerContext();
36  
37      LoggerContext detachLoggerContext(String loggerContextName);
38  
39      List<String> getContextNames();
40  }