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+<?php
+/**
+ * File containing the ezcLogWriter interface.
+ *
+ * @package EventLog
+ * @version //autogentag//
+ * @copyright Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 eZ systems as. All rights reserved.
+ * @license http://ez.no/licenses/new_bsd New BSD License
+ */
+
+/**
+ * ezcLogWriter defines the common interface for all classes that implement
+ * their log writer.
+ *
+ * See the ezcLogFileWriter for an example of creating your own log writer.
+ *  
+ * @package EventLog
+ * @version //autogentag//
+ */
+interface ezcLogWriter
+{
+    /**
+     * Writes the message $message to the log.
+     *
+     * The writer can use the severity, source, and category to filter the
+     * incoming messages and determine the location where the messages should
+     * be written.
+     *
+     * The array $optional contains extra information that can be added to the log. For example:
+     * line numbers, file names, usernames, etc.
+     *
+     * @throws ezcLogWriterException when the log writer was unable to write the log message.
+     *
+     * @param string $message
+     * @param int $severity
+	 *        ezcLog::DEBUG, ezcLog::SUCCES_AUDIT, ezcLog::FAIL_AUDIT, ezcLog::INFO, ezcLog::NOTICE, 
+     *        ezcLog::WARNING, ezcLog::ERROR or ezcLog::FATAL.
+     * $param string $source
+     * @param string $category
+     * @param array(string=>string) $optional
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function writeLogMessage( $message, $severity, $source, $category, $optional = array() );
+}
+?>