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/**
 * @author Vitaly A. Provodin
 */

/**
 * Created on 29.01.2005
 */
package org.apache.harmony.jpda.tests.framework;

/**
 * This class defines minimal set of methods logging test execution.
 */
public abstract class LogWriter {

    protected String prefix;

    /**
     * Creates instance of the class with given prefix for log messages.
     *
     * @param prefix - specifies a prefix string
     */
    public LogWriter(String prefix) {
        super();
        setPrefix(prefix);
    }

    /**
     * Returns prefix for messages.
     *
     * @return prefix for messages
     */
    public synchronized String getPrefix() {
        return prefix;
    }

    /**
     * Sets prefix for messages.
     *
     * @param prefix to be set
     */
    public synchronized void setPrefix(String prefix) {
        this.prefix = prefix;
    }

    /**
     * Prints message to this log.
     *
     * @param message message to be printed
     */
    public abstract void printError(String message);

    /**
     * Prints exception info to this log with explaining message.
     *
     * @param message message to be printed
     * @param throwable exception to be printed
     */
    public abstract void printError(String message, Throwable throwable);

    /**
     * Prints exception info to this log with explaining message.
     *
     * @param throwable exception to be printed
     */
    public abstract void printError(Throwable throwable);

    /**
     * Prints string to this log w/o line feed.
     *
     * @param message message to be printed
     */
    public abstract void print(String message);

    /**
     * Prints a string to this log with line feed.
     *
     * @param message message to be printed
     */
    public abstract void println(String message);
}