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+#ifndef QPID_LOG_SINKOPTIONS_H
+#define QPID_LOG_SINKOPTIONS_H
+
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "qpid/Options.h"
+#include <string>
+
+namespace qpid {
+namespace log {
+
+class Logger;
+
+/**
+ * Logging sink options.
+ *
+ * Most logging sink options will be platform-specific, even if some are
+ * duplicated. The range of platforms to which this code may be ported
+ * can't be assumed to all have C++ iostreams or files. Thus, this class
+ * is primarily for implementing in a platform-specific way.
+ */
+struct SinkOptions : public qpid::Options {
+
+    // Create a platform's SinkOptions. Pass argv0 as the program name,
+    // useful for syslog-type logging.
+    static SinkOptions *create(const std::string& argv0=std::string());
+
+    SinkOptions(const std::string& name="Logging sink options")
+        : qpid::Options(name)
+    {}
+    virtual ~SinkOptions() {}
+
+    virtual SinkOptions& operator=(const SinkOptions&) = 0;
+
+    // This allows the caller to indicate that there's no normal outputs
+    // available. For example, when running as a daemon. In these cases, the
+    // platform's "syslog"-type output should replace the default stderr
+    // unless some other sink has been selected.
+    virtual void detached(void) = 0;
+
+    // The Logger acting on these options calls setup() to request any
+    // Sinks be set up and fed back to the logger.
+    virtual void setup(Logger *logger) = 0;
+};
+
+}} // namespace qpid::log
+
+#endif  /*!QPID_LOG_OPTIONS_H*/