1 /*
2 * Copyright 1999,2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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15 */
16
17 package org.apache.log4j.chainsaw.receivers;
18
19 import java.awt.*;
20
21 /**
22 * If a receiver has a visual component, implement this interface and Chainsaw will call
23 * 'setContainer' passing in a container that the receiver can use.
24 * <p>
25 * For example, VFSLogFilePatternReceiver provides an optional 'promptForUserInfo', that
26 * when set to true, will allow a login dialog to be displayed on top of the Chainsaw window.
27 *
28 * @author Scott Deboy<sdeboy@apache.org>
29 */
30
31 public interface VisualReceiver {
32 /**
33 * Provides access to a container.
34 *
35 * @param container
36 */
37 void setContainer(Container container);
38 }