001    /* 
002     * Copyright 2005 Stephen McConnell.
003     *
004     * Licensed  under the  Apache License,  Version 2.0  (the "License");
005     * you may not use  this file  except in  compliance with the License.
006     * You may obtain a copy of the License at 
007     * 
008     *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
009     * 
010     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011     * distributed  under the  License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
012     * WITHOUT  WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS  OF ANY KIND, either  express  or
013     * implied.
014     * 
015     * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
016     * limitations under the License.
017     */
018    
019    package net.dpml.util;
020    
021    import java.rmi.Remote;
022    import java.rmi.RemoteException;
023    import java.util.logging.LogRecord;
024    
025    import net.dpml.lang.PID;
026    
027    /**
028     * Interface exposed by a remote logging service to local log aggregation handlers. 
029     * @author <a href="http://www.dpml.net">Digital Product Meta Library</a>
030     * @version 1.0.3
031     */
032    public interface LoggingService extends Remote
033    {
034       /**
035        * Logging service key.
036        */
037        String LOGGING_KEY = "dpml/logging";
038    
039       /**
040        * Register a log record with the log service.
041        * @param process the process identifier
042        * @param record the log record
043        * @exception RemoteException if a remote exception occurs
044        */
045        void log( PID process, LogRecord record ) throws RemoteException;
046    }
047