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+"""Parser factory for automatic format detection."""
+
+from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Type
+
+from loglens.parsers.base import LogFormat, LogParser, ParsedLogEntry
+from loglens.parsers.json_parser import JSONParser
+from loglens.parsers.syslog_parser import SyslogParser
+from loglens.parsers.apache_parser import ApacheParser
+
+
+class ParserFactory:
+    """Factory for creating and selecting log parsers."""
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.parsers: Dict[LogFormat, Type[LogParser]] = {
+            LogFormat.JSON: JSONParser,
+            LogFormat.SYSLOG: SyslogParser,
+            LogFormat.APACHE: ApacheParser,
+        }
+        self._parser_instances: Dict[LogFormat, LogParser] = {}
+
+    def get_parser(self, format: LogFormat) -> LogParser:
+        """Get parser instance for specified format."""
+        if format not in self._parser_instances:
+            self._parser_instances[format] = self.parsers[format]()
+        return self._parser_instances[format]
+
+    def detect_format(self, line: str) -> LogFormat:
+        """Detect log format from a sample line."""
+        line = line.strip()
+        if not line:
+            return LogFormat.UNKNOWN
+
+        parsers = [
+            (LogFormat.JSON, JSONParser()),
+            (LogFormat.SYSLOG, SyslogParser()),
+            (LogFormat.APACHE, ApacheParser()),
+        ]
+
+        for format_name, parser in parsers:
+            if parser.can_parse(line):
+                return format_name
+
+        return LogFormat.UNKNOWN
+
+    def detect_format_batch(self, lines: List[str], sample_size: int = 10) -> LogFormat:
+        """Detect format from multiple lines."""
+        sample = lines[:sample_size] if len(lines) > sample_size else lines
+
+        if not sample:
+            return LogFormat.UNKNOWN
+
+        format_counts: Dict[LogFormat, int] = {
+            LogFormat.JSON: 0,
+            LogFormat.SYSLOG: 0,
+            LogFormat.APACHE: 0,
+            LogFormat.UNKNOWN: 0
+        }
+
+        for line in sample:
+            format_detected = self.detect_format(line)
+            format_counts[format_detected] += 1
+
+        if format_counts[LogFormat.JSON] > format_counts[LogFormat.SYSLOG] and \
+           format_counts[LogFormat.JSON] > format_counts[LogFormat.APACHE]:
+            return LogFormat.JSON
+        elif format_counts[LogFormat.SYSLOG] > format_counts[LogFormat.JSON] and \
+              format_counts[LogFormat.SYSLOG] > format_counts[LogFormat.APACHE]:
+            return LogFormat.SYSLOG
+        elif format_counts[LogFormat.APACHE] > format_counts[LogFormat.JSON] and \
+              format_counts[LogFormat.APACHE] > format_counts[LogFormat.SYSLOG]:
+            return LogFormat.APACHE
+
+        if format_counts[LogFormat.JSON] > 0:
+            return LogFormat.JSON
+        if format_counts[LogFormat.SYSLOG] > 0:
+            return LogFormat.SYSLOG
+        if format_counts[LogFormat.APACHE] > 0:
+            return LogFormat.APACHE
+
+        return LogFormat.UNKNOWN
+
+    def parse_lines(self, lines: List[str], format: Optional[LogFormat] = None) -> List[ParsedLogEntry]:
+        """Parse lines with automatic format detection."""
+        if format is None:
+            format = self.detect_format_batch(lines)
+
+        if format == LogFormat.UNKNOWN:
+            return [ParsedLogEntry(
+                raw_line=line,
+                message="Unknown format",
+                line_number=i + 1
+            ) for i, line in enumerate(lines)]
+
+        parser = self.get_parser(format)
+        return parser.parse_batch(lines)
+
+    def get_available_formats(self) -> List[LogFormat]:
+        """Get list of available log formats."""
+        return list(self.parsers.keys())