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 * Copyright (c) 2016 Attila Kovacs <attila[AT]sigmyne.com>.
 * All rights reserved. 
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 * This file is part of jnum.
 * 
 *     jnum is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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 * 
 * Contributors:
 *     Attila Kovacs <attila[AT]sigmyne.com> - initial API and implementation
 ******************************************************************************/

package jnum;

/**
 * A simple interface for basic verbosity control. If you are looking for something more elaborate, check out the
 * {@link jnum.reporting.BasicMessaging} interface. And, for something even more elaborate, you can see 
 * {@link jnum.reporting.Reporter} abstract class. 
 * 
 * 
 * @author Attila Kovacs <attila@sigmyne.com>
 * 
 * @see jnum.reporting.BasicMessaging
 * @see jnum.reporting.Reporter
 *
 */
public interface Verbosity {

    /**
     * Turns verbosity on or off.
     * 
     * @param value     <code>true</code> to turn on verbosity, or <code>false</code> to turn verbosity off.
     */
    public void setVerbose(boolean value);
    
    /**
     * Checks the current verbosity setting.
     * 
     * @return      <code>true</code> if verbosity is enabled, otherwise <code>false</code>.
     */
    public boolean isVerbose();
    
}
