// Copyright 2017 Yahoo Holdings. Licensed under the terms of the Apache 2.0 license. See LICENSE in the project root.
package com.yahoo.log;

/**
 * The level controller repository is an interface towards something that is able to provide level
 * controllers for a given component.
 *
 * @author lulf
 * @since 5.1
 */
public interface LevelControllerRepo {
    /**
     * Return the level controller for a given component.
     * @param component The component name string.
     * @return The LevelController corresponding to that component. Return null if not found.
     */
    public LevelController getLevelController(String component);

    /**
     * Close down the level controller repository. Cleanup should be done here.
     */
    public void close();
}