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authorCarl Hetherington <cth@carlh.net>2012-07-15 00:14:28 +0100
committerCarl Hetherington <cth@carlh.net>2012-07-15 00:14:28 +0100
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+/*
+ Copyright (C) 2012 Carl Hetherington <cth@carlh.net>
+
+ 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 2 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, write to the Free Software
+ Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+*/
+
+/** @file src/log.h
+ * @brief A very simple logging class.
+ */
+
+#include <string>
+#include <boost/thread/mutex.hpp>
+
+/** @class Log
+ * @brief A very simple logging class.
+ *
+ * This class simply accepts log messages and writes them to a file.
+ * Its single nod to complexity is that it has a mutex to prevent
+ * multi-thread logging from clashing.
+ */
+class Log
+{
+public:
+ Log (std::string f);
+
+ enum Level {
+ STANDARD = 0,
+ VERBOSE = 1
+ };
+
+ void log (std::string m, Level l = STANDARD);
+
+ void set_level (Level l);
+
+private:
+ /** mutex to prevent simultaneous writes to the file */
+ boost::mutex _mutex;
+ /** filename to write to */
+ std::string _file;
+ /** level above which to ignore log messages */
+ Level _level;
+};