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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.log4j.spi;
+
+
+/**
+   A string based interface to configure package components.
+
+   @author Ceki Gülcü
+   @author Anders Kristensen
+   @since 0.8.1
+ */
+public interface OptionHandler {
+
+  /**
+     Activate the options that were previously set with calls to option
+     setters.
+
+     <p>This allows to defer activiation of the options until all
+     options have been set. This is required for components which have
+     related options that remain ambigous until all are set.
+
+     <p>For example, the FileAppender has the {@link
+     org.apache.log4j.FileAppender#setFile File} and {@link
+     org.apache.log4j.FileAppender#setAppend Append} options both of
+     which are ambigous until the other is also set.  */
+  void activateOptions();
+
+  /**
+     Return list of strings that the OptionHandler instance recognizes.
+
+     @deprecated We now use JavaBeans style getters/setters.
+   */
+  //  String[] getOptionStrings();
+
+  /**
+     Set <code>option</code> to <code>value</code>.
+
+     <p>The handling of each option depends on the OptionHandler
+     instance. Some options may become active immediately whereas
+     other may be activated only when {@link #activateOptions} is
+     called.
+
+     @deprecated We now use JavaBeans style getters/setters.
+  */
+  //void setOption(String option, String value);
+}