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package org.springframework.beans.factory.config;

import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;

import org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean;

/**
 * Factory bean for
 * <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/logging.html">commons-logging</a>
 * Log instances.
 * Will expose the created Log object on getBean calls, and can be passed
 * to bean properites of type org.apache.commons.logging.Log.
 *
 * <p>Useful for sharing Log instances among multiple beans instead of using
 * one Log instance per class name, e.g. for common log topics.
 *
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @since 16.11.2003
 * @see org.apache.commons.logging.Log
 */
public class CommonsLogFactoryBean implements FactoryBean {

  private Log log = null;

  public void setLogName(String logName) {
		if (logName == null) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException("'logName' must be specified");
		}
    this.log = LogFactory.getLog(logName);
  }

  public Object getObject() {
    return log;
  }

	public Class getObjectType() {
		return (this.log != null ? this.log.getClass() : Log.class);
	}

  public boolean isSingleton() {
    return true;
  }

}
