001// Copyright 2005 The Apache Software Foundation 002// 003// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 004// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 005// You may obtain a copy of the License at 006// 007// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 008// 009// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 010// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 011// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 012// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 013// limitations under the License. 014 015package org.apache.hivemind.management.log4j; 016 017/** 018 * Interface of the LogManagementMBean service This is not the mbean management interface. * 019 * 020 * @author Achim Huegen 021 * @since 1.1 022 */ 023public interface LogManagement 024{ 025 /** 026 * Adds a MBean for a logger or a group of loggers that matches a pattern. The pattern kann 027 * contain '*' as wildcard character. If no wildcard is used the logger is created if it doesn't 028 * exist. This is useful, since most loggers are not created before the defining class is 029 * loaded. And this may be long after this MBean is registered. If a wildcard is used, only 030 * loggers that already exist. Example: addLoggerMBean( "hivemind.*" ) 031 * 032 * @param loggerPattern 033 * Name of the logger 034 * @return ObjectName of created MBean 035 */ 036 public void addLoggerMBean(String loggerPattern); 037}