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+/**
+ * Copyright 2012, Big Switch Networks, Inc.
+ * Originally created by David Erickson, Stanford University
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+ * a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ **/
+
+package net.onrc.onos.of.ctl.annotations;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+/**
+ * Annotation used to set the category for log messages for a class.
+ *
+ */
+@Target({ ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.METHOD })
+public @interface LogMessageCategory {
+
+ /**
+ * The category for the log messages for this class.
+ *
+ * @return
+ */
+ String value() default "Core";
+}