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#ifndef __com_sun_star_logging_XLogFormatter_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_logging_XLogFormatter_idl__

#ifndef __com_sun_star_uno_XInterface_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_logging_LogRecord_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/logging/LogRecord.idl>
#endif

//=============================================================================

module com { module sun { module star { module logging {

//=============================================================================

/** specifies the interface to be used for formatting log records

    @see XLogHandler

    @since OOo 2.3
*/
interface XLogFormatter
{
    /** returns the header string for the log

        <p>This can be used to generate a header string, which by the <type>XLogHandler</type>
        is emitted to its output channel before actually logging any concrete
        <type>LogRecord</type>.</p>

        <p>For instance, a formatter might produce table-like plain text output,
        and could return a table-head string (potentially including line breaks)
        here.</p>
    */
    string  getHead();

    /** formats the given log record for output

        <p>A <type>XLogHandler</type> will call this method to format a given
        log record. The resulting string will be emitted to the handler's output
        channel, without processing it any further (except possibly encoding it with
        the handler's <code>Encoding</code>).</p>
    */
    string  format( [in] LogRecord Record );

    /** returns the footer string for the log

        <p>This can be used to generate a footer string, which by the <type>XLogHandler</type>
        is emitted to its output channel before it is finally being closed.</p>
    */
    string  getTail();
};

//=============================================================================

}; }; }; };

//=============================================================================

#endif