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17 package org.apache.log.output.io.rotate;
18
19 import java.io.File JavaDoc;
20
21 /**
22  * Strategy for naming log files.
23  * For a given base file name an implementation calculates
24  * the real file name.
25  *
26  * @author <a HREF="mailto:bh22351@i-one.at">Bernhard Huber</a>
27  * @author Peter Donald
28  */

29 public interface FileStrategy
30 {
31     /**
32      * Get the next log file to rotate to.
33      *
34      * @return the file to rotate to
35      */

36     File JavaDoc nextFile();
37 }
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