<?php
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 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
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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);
}