Lumiverse::Logger Namespace Reference

Logging interface. More...

Functions
void	setLogFile (string name)
	Open a log file for writing to instead of writing to stdout. More...
string	printTime ()
	Sticks the current time and date into a string. More...
string	printLevel (LOG_LEVEL level)
	Translates the log level to a string. More...
void	log (LOG_LEVEL level, string message)
	Logs a meesage to the output file. More...
void	setLogLevel (LOG_LEVEL level)
	Sets the logLevel. More...

Variables
mutex	logMutex
static unsigned int	logLevel = 0
	Sets the minimum logging level. More...
static ofstream	logFile
	Log file. More...

Detailed Description

Logging interface.

Contains functions to help control and rout Lumiverse error and status messages.

Function Documentation

void Lumiverse::Logger::log	(	LOG_LEVEL	level,
		string	message
	)

Logs a meesage to the output file.

Messages are formatted as: [LOG_LEVEL] Date Message

Parameters

level	Log message level
message	The message to put in the log

string Lumiverse::Logger::printLevel

(

LOG_LEVEL

level

)

Translates the log level to a string.

Parameters

level

Log message level

Returns

String containing the text version of the message level

string Lumiverse::Logger::printTime

(

)

Sticks the current time and date into a string.

Returns

String containing date and time.

void Lumiverse::Logger::setLogFile

(

string

name

)

Open a log file for writing to instead of writing to stdout.

This will append to an existing file.

Parameters

name	Path to the file. Can be existing file or new file.

void Lumiverse::Logger::setLogLevel

(

LOG_LEVEL

level

)

Sets the logLevel.

You could just set logLevel=[level] in plain code, but if you like functions better, here it is.

Variable Documentation

ofstream Lumiverse::Logger::logFile

static

Log file.

If not specified, this logs to stdout.

unsigned int Lumiverse::Logger::logLevel = 0

static

Sets the minimum logging level.

If a message has a LOG_LEVEL less than the logLevel, it will not be output.