<?php namespace CodeIgniter\Log\Handlers;

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 * @package    CodeIgniter
 * @author     CodeIgniter Dev Team
 * @copyright  2014-2019 British Columbia Institute of Technology (https://bcit.ca/)
 * @license    https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
 * @link       https://codeigniter.com
 * @since      Version 3.0.0
 * @filesource
 */

interface HandlerInterface
{

	/**
	 * Handles logging the message.
	 * If the handler returns false, then execution of handlers
	 * will stop. Any handlers that have not run, yet, will not
	 * be run.
	 *
	 * @param $level
	 * @param $message
	 *
	 * @return boolean
	 */
	public function handle($level, $message): bool;

	//--------------------------------------------------------------------

	/**
	 * Checks whether the Handler will handle logging items of this
	 * log Level.
	 *
	 * @param string $level
	 *
	 * @return boolean
	 */
	public function canHandle(string $level): bool;

	//--------------------------------------------------------------------

	/**
	 * Sets the preferred date format to use when logging.
	 *
	 * @param string $format
	 *
	 * @return HandlerInterface
	 */
	public function setDateFormat(string $format);

	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
}