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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @file parc_LogReporter.h
+ * @brief An abstract representation of a PARC Log Reporter.
+ *
+ */
+#ifndef PARC_Library_parc_LogReporter_h
+#define PARC_Library_parc_LogReporter_h
+
+#include <parc/logging/parc_LogEntry.h>
+
+typedef void (PARCLogReporterAcquire)(void *reporter);
+
+/**
+ * A Function that performs the final cleanup and resource deallocation when
+ * a PARCLogReporter is no longer needed.
+ */
+typedef void (PARCLogReporterRelease)(void **reporterP);
+
+/**
+ */
+typedef void (PARCLogReporterReport)(const PARCLogEntry *reporter);
+
+struct PARCLogReporter;
+typedef struct PARCLogReporter PARCLogReporter;
+
+/**
+ * Create a new instance of `PARCLogReporter` using the given the functions specified.
+ *
+ * @param [in] acquire A pointer to a function that performs the Aquire contract.
+ * @param [in] release A pointer to a function that performs the Release contract.
+ * @param [in] report A pointer to a function that performs the 'report' function.
+ * @param [in] privateObject A pointer to a PARCObject that is supplied to the report function when invoked, or NULL.
+ *
+ * @return NULL Memory could not be allocated.
+ * @return non-NULL A pointer to a valid `PARCLogReporter` instance.
+ *
+ * Example:
+ * @code
+ * {
+ *     PARCLogReporter *result = parcLogReporter_Create(&parcLogReporterFile_Acquire,
+ *         parcLogReporterFile_Release,
+ *         parcLogReporterFile_Report,
+ *         parcOutputStream_Acquire(output));
+ *     return result;
+ * }
+ * @endcode
+ */
+PARCLogReporter *parcLogReporter_Create(PARCLogReporter *(*acquire)(const PARCLogReporter *),
+                                        void (*release)(PARCLogReporter **),
+                                        void (*report)(PARCLogReporter *, const PARCLogEntry *),
+                                        void *privateObject);
+
+/**
+ * Increase the number of references to a `PARCLogReporter` instance.
+ *
+ * Note that new `PARCLogReporter` is not created,
+ * only that the given `PARCLogReporter` reference count is incremented.
+ * Discard the reference by invoking `parcLogReporter_Release`.
+ *
+ * @param [in] instance A pointer to a `PARCLogReporter` instance.
+ *
+ * @return The input `PARCLogReporter` pointer.
+ *
+ * Example:
+ * @code
+ * {
+ *     PARCLogReporter *reporter = parcLogReporter_Create(&parcLogReporterFile_Acquire,
+ *         parcLogReporterFile_Release,
+ *         parcLogReporterFile_Report,
+ *         parcOutputStream_Acquire(output));
+ *
+ *     PARCLogReporter *x_2 = parcLogReporter_Acquire(reporter);
+ *
+ *     parcLogReporter_Release(&reporter);
+ *     parcLogReporter_Release(&x_2);
+ * }
+ * @endcode
+ */
+PARCLogReporter *parcLogReporter_Acquire(const PARCLogReporter *instance);
+
+/**
+ * Release a previously acquired reference to the specified instance,
+ * decrementing the reference count for the instance.
+ *
+ * The pointer to the instance is set to NULL as a side-effect of this function.
+ *
+ * If the invocation causes the last reference to the instance to be released,
+ * the instance is deallocated and the instance's implementation will perform
+ * additional cleanup and release other privately held references.
+ *
+ * @param [in,out] instancePtr A pointer to a pointer to a `PARCLogReporter`.  The parameter is set to zero.
+ *
+ * Example:
+ * @code
+ * {
+ *     PARCLogReporter *reporter = parcLogReporter_Create(&parcLogReporterFile_Acquire,
+ *         parcLogReporterFile_Release,
+ *         parcLogReporterFile_Report,
+ *         parcOutputStream_Acquire(output));
+ *
+ *     parcLogReporter_Release(&reporter);
+ * }
+ * @endcode
+ */
+void parcLogReporter_Release(PARCLogReporter **instancePtr);
+
+/**
+ * Report the given PARCLogEntry
+ *
+ * @param [in] reporter A pointer to a valid PARCLogReporter instance.
+ * @param [in] entry A pointer to a valid PARCLogEntry instance.
+ *
+ * Example:
+ * @code
+ * <#example#>
+ * @endcode
+ */
+void parcLogReporter_Report(PARCLogReporter *reporter, const PARCLogEntry *entry);
+
+/**
+ * Get the private PARCObject supplied when the PARCLogReporter was created.
+ *
+ * @param [in] reporter A valid PARCLogReporter instance.
+ *
+ * @return A same pointer supplied when the PARCLogReporter was created.
+ *
+ */
+void *parcLogReporter_GetPrivateObject(const PARCLogReporter *reporter);
+
+#endif