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namespace Apache.Avalon.Framework
{
	using System;

	///<summary>
	///  Attribute to declare the name of a logging channel that is consumed 
	///  by a component.
	///</summary>
	[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class,AllowMultiple=false,Inherited=false)]
	public sealed class AvalonLoggerAttribute : Attribute
	{
		private string m_name;

		/// <summary>
		/// Marks a class with the logger channel name.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="name">The name of a subsidiary logging channel</param>
		/// <param name="lifestyle">The lifestyle used for the component</param>
		public AvalonLoggerAttribute( string name )
		{
			m_name = name;
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// The name of a subsidiary logging channel 
		/// relative to the logging channel that is 
		/// supplied to the component by the container.
		/// </summary>
		public string Name
		{
			get
			{
				return m_name;
			}
		}
	}
}