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014    
015    package org.apache.hivemind;
016    
017    /**
018     * A wrapper around {@link org.apache.hivemind.ErrorHandler} and
019     * {@link org.apache.commons.logging.Log}for the most common case: reporting recoverable errors.
020     * The point is that most services can use a single property of type ErrorLog, rather than a pair of
021     * properties (ErrorHandler and Log).
022     * 
023     * @author Howard M. Lewis Ship
024     * @since 1.1
025     */
026    public interface ErrorLog
027    {
028        /**
029         * Invokes {@link ErrorHandler#error(org.apache.commons.logging.Log, String, Location, Throwable)}.
030         */
031    
032        public void error(String message, Location location, Throwable cause);
033    }