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package org.apache.mina.common;

import org.apache.mina.common.support.DefaultExceptionMonitor;

/**
 * Monitors uncaught exceptions.  {@link #exceptionCaught(Throwable)} is
 * invoked when there are any uncaught exceptions.
 * <p>
 * You can monitor any uncaught exceptions by setting {@link ExceptionMonitor}
 * by calling {@link #setInstance(ExceptionMonitor)}.  The default
 * monitor logs all caught exceptions in <tt>WARN</tt> level using
 * SLF4J.
 * 
 * @author The Apache Directory Project (mina-dev@directory.apache.org)
 * @version $Rev: 555855 $, $Date: 2007-07-13 12:19:00 +0900 (Fri, 13 Jul 2007) $
 * 
 * @see DefaultExceptionMonitor
 */
public abstract class ExceptionMonitor {
    private static ExceptionMonitor instance = new DefaultExceptionMonitor();

    /**
     * Returns the current exception monitor.
     */
    public static ExceptionMonitor getInstance() {
        return instance;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the uncaught exception monitor.  If <code>null</code> is specified,
     * the default monitor will be set.
     * 
     * @param monitor A new instance of {@link DefaultExceptionMonitor} is set
     *                if <tt>null</tt> is specified.
     */
    public static void setInstance(ExceptionMonitor monitor) {
        if (monitor == null) {
            monitor = new DefaultExceptionMonitor();
        }
        instance = monitor;
    }

    /**
     * Invoked when there are any uncaught exceptions.
     */
    public abstract void exceptionCaught(Throwable cause);
}