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package org.apache.logging.log4j.core.util;

import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.impl.JdkMapAdapterStringMap;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.util.StringMap;

import java.util.Map;

Source of context data to be added to each log event.
/**
 * Source of context data to be added to each log event.
 */
public interface ContextDataProvider {

    
Returns a Map containing context data to be injected into the event or null if no context data is to be added.
Returns:
A Map containing the context data or null./**
     * Returns a Map containing context data to be injected into the event or null if no context data is to be added.
     * @return A Map containing the context data or null.
     */
    Map<String, String> supplyContextData();

    
Returns the context data as a StringMap.
Returns:
the context data in a StringMap./**
     * Returns the context data as a StringMap.
     * @return the context data in a StringMap.
     */
    default StringMap supplyStringMap() {
        return new JdkMapAdapterStringMap(supplyContextData());
    }
}