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+/*
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ *  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ *  distributed with this work for additional information
+ *  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ *  to you 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.    
+ *
+ * 
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.logging;
+
+/**
+ * Each LogSubject that wishes to be logged will implement this to provide their
+ * own display representation.
+ *
+ */
+public interface LogSubject 
+{
+    /**
+     * Provides the log message as as String.
+     *
+     * @returns String the display representation of this LogSubject
+     */
+    public String toLogString();
+}
+\ No newline at end of file