<?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);
  }