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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}