The formatter interfaces are the source of Logahawk's power and flexibility. In a sense Logahawk is its formatters -- every class is either a formatter or supports the formatters. Formatters are the magic ingredient in you creating domain specific log messages. They transform objects to text, which determines what the logs will contain.

There are three types of formatters, each fulfilling a distinct role:

• ArgumentFormatter - Converts individual objects to text.
• SignatureFormatter - Alters the log signature, i.e. rearranges, changes, or alters the set objects to be logged.
• MessageFormatter - Constructs the final text that will be written to the log.