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package org.openecomp.policy.common.logging.nsa;

/**
 * A logging context must be thread-specific. Contexts that implement SharedLoggingContext
 * are expected to be shared across threads, and they have to be able to populate another
 * logging context with their data.
 * 
 */
public interface SharedLoggingContext extends LoggingContext
{
	/**
	 * Copy this context's data to the given context. This must work across threads so that
	 * a base context can be shared in another thread.
	 * @param lc
	 */
	void transferTo ( SharedLoggingContext lc );
}