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package org.opends.server.loggers;

/**
 * The category class defines a set of standard logging types that
 * can be used to control logging output.
 */
public abstract class LogCategory
{
  /**
   * The non-localized name of the type.
   */
  private final String name;

  /**
   * Create a named type.
   * <p>
   * Note that this constructor is "protected" to allow subclassing.
   *
   * @param name  the name of the Level, for example "SEVERE".
   */
  protected LogCategory(String name) {
    if (name == null) {
      throw new NullPointerException();
    }
    this.name = name;
  }

  /**
   * Return the non-localized string name of the Level.
   *
   * @return non-localized name
   */
  public String getName() {
    return name;
  }

  /**
   * Retrieves the string reprentation of this log category.
   *
   * @return the non-localized name of the Level, for example "INFO".
   */
  public final String toString() {
    return name;
  }
}