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using System;
namespace Pegasus.Log4Net.Core
{
/// <summary>
/// Appenders may delegate their error handling to an <see cref="IErrorHandler" />.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// <para>
/// Error handling is a particularly tedious to get right because by
/// definition errors are hard to predict and to reproduce.
/// </para>
/// </remarks>
/// <author>Nicko Cadell</author>
/// <author>Gert Driesen</author>
public interface IErrorHandler
{
/// <summary>
/// Handles the error and information about the error condition is passed as
/// a parameter.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="message">The message associated with the error.</param>
/// <param name="e">The <see cref="Exception" /> that was thrown when the error occurred.</param>
/// <param name="errorCode">The error code associated with the error.</param>
/// <remarks>
/// <para>
/// Handles the error and information about the error condition is passed as
/// a parameter.
/// </para>
/// </remarks>
void Error(string message, Exception e, ErrorCode errorCode);
/// <summary>
/// Prints the error message passed as a parameter.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="message">The message associated with the error.</param>
/// <param name="e">The <see cref="Exception" /> that was thrown when the error occurred.</param>
/// <remarks>
/// <para>
/// See <see cref="Error(string,Exception,ErrorCode)"/>.
/// </para>
/// </remarks>
void Error(string message, Exception e);
/// <summary>
/// Prints the error message passed as a parameter.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="message">The message associated with the error.</param>
/// <remarks>
/// <para>
/// See <see cref="Error(string,Exception,ErrorCode)"/>.
/// </para>
/// </remarks>
void Error(string message);
}
}