namespace SimpleLog {
	public interface ILogger : IMessageFormatter {

		/// <summary>
		/// Registers a log handler with this logger
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="handler">The log handler to register</param>
		void RegisterLogHandler(ILogHandler handler);

		/// <summary>
		/// Unregisters the given log handler
		/// </summary>
		/// <returns>TRUE if successfully unregistered, FALSE if not</returns>
		//bool UnregisterLogHandler(ILogHandler handler);

		/// <summary>
		/// Removes all log handlers that match the given assembly name
		/// </summary>
		/// <returns>Number of log handlers that were unregistered</returns>
		int UnregisterLogHandlerType(string assemblyName);

		/// <summary>
		/// Unregisters all registered log handlers
		/// </summary>
		/// <returns>Number of log handlers that were unregistered</returns>
		int UnregisterAllLogHandlers();

		/// <summary>
		/// Gets or sets the log level
		/// </summary>
		LogLevel LogLevel {get;	set;}

		/// <summary>
		/// Logs a message at the specified log level
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="message">The message to log</param>
		/// <param name="level">The log level of the message</param>
		/// <returns>TRUE if all handler succesfully logged, or false if any of them failed</returns>
		bool Log(object message, LogLevel level);

		/// <summary>
		/// Gets or sets the message handler
		/// </summary>
		IMessageHandler MessageHandler { get; set; }

	}
}