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14
15 package org.apache.hivemind.management.log4j;
16
17 /**
18  * Interface of the LogManagementMBean service This is not the mbean management interface. *
19  *
20  * @author Achim Huegen
21  * @since 1.1
22  */
23 public interface LogManagement
24 {
25     /**
26      * Adds a MBean for a logger or a group of loggers that matches a pattern. The pattern kann
27      * contain '*' as wildcard character. If no wildcard is used the logger is created if it doesn't
28      * exist. This is useful, since most loggers are not created before the defining class is
29      * loaded. And this may be long after this MBean is registered. If a wildcard is used, only
30      * loggers that already exist. Example: addLoggerMBean( "hivemind.*" )
31      *
32      * @param loggerPattern
33      * Name of the logger
34      * @return ObjectName of created MBean
35      */
36     public void addLoggerMBean(String JavaDoc loggerPattern);
37 }
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