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package org.slf4j.impl;

import org.slf4j.ILoggerFactory;

/**
 * The binding of {@link LoggerFactory} class with an actual instance of
 * {@link ILoggerFactory} is performed using information returned by this class.
 * 
 * This class is meant to provide a dummy StaticLoggerBinder to the slf4j-api module. 
 * Real implementations are found in  each SLF4J binding project, e.g. slf4j-nop, 
 * slf4j-log4j12 etc.
 * 
 * @author Ceki Gülcü
 */
public class StaticLoggerBinder {
 
  /**
   * The unique instance of this class.
   * 
   * @deprecated Please use the {@link #getSingleton()} method instead of
   *             accessing this field directly. In future versions, this field
   *             will become private.
   */
  public static final StaticLoggerBinder SINGLETON = new StaticLoggerBinder();
  
  /**
   * Return the singleton of this class.
   * 
   * @return the StaticLoggerBinder singleton
   */
  public static final StaticLoggerBinder getSingleton() {
    return SINGLETON;
  }
  
  /**
   * Declare the version of the SLF4J API this implementation is compiled against. 
   * The value of this field is usually modified with each release. 
   */
  // to avoid constant folding by the compiler, this field must *not* be final
  public static String REQUESTED_API_VERSION = "1.5.6";  // !final
  
  private StaticLoggerBinder() {
    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("This code should have never made it into the jar");
  }

  public ILoggerFactory getLoggerFactory() {
    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("This code should never make it into the jar");
  }

  public String getLoggerFactoryClassStr() {
    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("This code should never make it into the jar");
  }
}