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using System;
using System.IO;
namespace log4net.ObjectRenderer
{
///
/// Implement this interface in order to render objects as strings
///
///
///
/// Certain types require special case conversion to
/// string form. This conversion is done by an object renderer.
/// Object renderers implement the
/// interface.
///
///
/// Nicko Cadell
/// Gert Driesen
public interface IObjectRenderer
{
///
/// Render the object to a string
///
/// The map used to lookup renderers
/// The object to render
/// The writer to render to
///
///
/// Render the object to a
/// string.
///
///
/// The parameter is
/// provided to lookup and render other objects. This is
/// very useful where contains
/// nested objects of unknown type. The
/// method can be used to render these objects.
///
///
void RenderObject(RendererMap rendererMap, object obj, TextWriter writer);
}
}