1 
2 /**
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30 
31 #pragma once
32 
33 #include "mongo/base/status.h"
34 
35 namespace mongo {
36 namespace logger {
37 
38 /**
39  * Interface for sinks in a logging system.  The core of logging is when events of type E are
40  * appended to instances of Appender<E>.
41  *
42  * Example concrete instances are ConsoleAppender<E>, SyslogAppender<E> and
43  * RotatableFileAppender<E>.
44  */
45 template <typename E>
46 class Appender {
47 public:
48     typedef E Event;
49 
~Appender()50     virtual ~Appender() {}
51 
52     /**
53      * Appends "event", returns Status::OK() on success.
54      */
55     virtual Status append(const Event& event) = 0;
56 };
57 
58 }  // namespace logger
59 }  // namespace mongo
60