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+//
+// Copyright 2017 Ettus Research (National Instruments Corp.)
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+//
+
+// Note: Including this file requires C++11 features enabled.
+
+#ifndef INCLUDED_UHD_UTILS_LOG_ADD_HPP
+#define INCLUDED_UHD_UTILS_LOG_ADD_HPP
+
+#include <uhd/config.hpp>
+#include <uhd/utils/log.hpp>
+#include <functional>
+
+namespace uhd {
+    namespace log {
+
+        /*! Logging function type
+         *
+         * Every logging_backend has to define a function with this signature.
+         * Can be added to the logging core.
+         */
+        typedef std::function<void(const uhd::log::logging_info&)> log_fn_t ;
+
+        /*! Add logging backend to the log system
+         *
+         * \param key Identifies the logging backend in the logging core
+         * \param logger_fn function which actually logs messages to this backend
+         */
+        UHD_API void add_logger(const std::string &key, log_fn_t logger_fn);
+    }
+} /* namespace uhd::log */
+
+#endif /* INCLUDED_UHD_UTILS_LOG_ADD_HPP */