<?php
/**
 * Zend Framework (http://framework.zend.com/)
 *
 * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
 * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2012 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
 * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
 * @package   Zend_Log
 */

namespace Zend\Log\Formatter;

/**
 * @category   Zend
 * @package    Zend_Log
 */
interface FormatterInterface
{
    /**
     * Default format specifier for DateTime objects is ISO 8601
     *
     * @see http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php
     */
    const DEFAULT_DATETIME_FORMAT = 'c';

    /**
     * Formats data into a single line to be written by the writer.
     *
     * @param array $event event data
     * @return string formatted line to write to the log
     */
    public function format($event);

    /**
     * Get the format specifier for DateTime objects
     *
     * @return string
     */
    public function getDateTimeFormat();

    /**
     * Set the format specifier for DateTime objects
     *
     * @see http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php
     * @param string $dateTimeFormat DateTime format
     * @return FormatterInterface
     */
    public function setDateTimeFormat($dateTimeFormat);
}
