<?php

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 * @package log4php

 */

/**

 * Implement this interface in order to render objects to strings.

 *

 * @version $Revision: 1394956 $

 * @package log4php

 * @subpackage renderers

 * @since 0.3

 */

interface LoggerRenderer {

    /**

     * Renders the entity passed as <var>input</var> to a string.

     * @param mixed $input The entity to render.

     * @return string The rendered string.

     */

    public function render($input);

}