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-/*
- * (c) Copyright 2020 CORSIKA Project, corsika-project@lists.kit.edu
- *
- * This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public
- * Licence version 3 (GPL Version 3). See file LICENSE for a full version of
- * the license.
- */
-
-/**
- * @File Logging.h
- *
- * CORSIKA8 logging utilities.
- *
- * See testLogging.cc for a complete set of examples for
- * how the logging functions should be used.
- */
-
-#pragma once
-
-// Configure some behaviour of sdlog.
-// This must be done before spdlog is included.
-
-// use the coarse system clock. This is *much* faster
-// but introduces a real time error of O(10 ms).
-#define SPDLOG_CLOCK_COARSE
-
-// do not create a default logger (we provide our own "corsika" logger)
-#define SPDLOG_DISABLE_DEFAULT_LOGGER
-
-// use __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ instead of __FUNCTION__ where
-// printing function names in trace statements. This is much
-// nicer than __FUNCTION__ under GCC/clang.
-#define SPDLOG_FUNCTION __PRETTY_FUNCTION__
-
-// if this is a Debug build, include debug messages in objects
-#ifdef DEBUG
-// trace is the highest level of logging (ALL messages will be printed)
-#define SPDLOG_ACTIVE_LEVEL SPDLOG_LEVEL_TRACE
-#else // otherwise, remove everything but "critical" messages
-#define SPDLOG_ACTIVE_LEVEL SPDLOG_LEVEL_CRITICAL
-#endif
-
-#include <spdlog/fmt/ostr.h> // will output whenerver a streaming operator is found
-#include <spdlog/sinks/stdout_color_sinks.h>
-#include <spdlog/spdlog.h>
-
-namespace corsika::logging {
-
- // bring spdlog into the corsika::logging namespace
- using namespace spdlog;
-
- /*
- * The default pattern for CORSIKA8 loggers.
- */
- const std::string default_pattern{"[%n:%^%-8l%$] %v"};
-
- /**
- * Create a new C8-style logger.
- *
- * Use this if you are explicitly (and can guarantee) that you
- * are creating a logger for the first time. It is recommended
- * that for regular usage, the `GetLogger` function is used instead
- * as that will also create the logger if it has not yet been created.
- *
- * Calling `CreateLogger` twice to create the same logger will
- * result in an spdlog duplicate exception.
- *
- * @param name The unique name of the logger.
- * @param defaultlog If True, set this as the default logger.
- * @returns The constructed and formatted logger.
- */
- inline auto CreateLogger(std::string const& name, bool const defaultlog = false) {
-
- // create the logger
- // this is currently a colorized multi-threading safe logger
- auto logger = spdlog::stdout_color_mt(name);
-
- // set the default C8 format
- logger->set_pattern(default_pattern);
-
- // if defaultlog is True, we set this as the default spdlog logger.
- if (defaultlog) { spdlog::set_default_logger(logger); }
-
- // and return the logger
- return logger;
- }
-
- /**
- * Get a smart pointer to an existing logger.
- *
- * This should be the default method for code to obtain a
- * logger. If the logger *does not* exist, it is *created* and
- * returned to the caller.
- *
- * This should be preferred over `CreateLogger`.
- *
- * @param name The name of the logger to get.
- * @param defaultlog If True, make this the default logger.
- * @returns The constructed and formatted logger.
- */
- inline auto GetLogger(std::string const& name, bool const defaultlog = false) {
-
- // attempt to get the logger from the registry
- auto logger = spdlog::get(name);
-
- // weg found the logger, so just return it
- if (logger) {
- return logger;
- } else { // logger was not found so create it
- return CreateLogger(name, defaultlog);
- }
- }
-
- /**
- * The default "corsika" logger.
- */
- inline auto corsika = GetLogger("corsika", true);
-
- /**
- * Set the default log level for all *newly* created loggers.
- *
- * @param name The minimum log level required to print.
- *
- */
- inline auto SetDefaultLevel(level::level_enum const minlevel) -> void {
- spdlog::set_level(minlevel);
- }
-
- /**
- * Set the log level for the "corsika" logger.
- *
- * @param name The minimum log level required to print.
- *
- */
- inline auto SetLevel(level::level_enum const minlevel) -> void {
- corsika->set_level(minlevel);
- }
-
- /**
- * Set the log level for a specific logger.
- *
- * @param logger The logger to set the level of.
- * @param name The minimum log level required to print.
- *
- */
- template <typename TLogger>
- inline auto SetLevel(TLogger& logger, level::level_enum const minlevel) -> void {
- logger->set_level(minlevel);
- }
-
- /**
- * Add the source (filename, line no) info to the logger.
- *
- * @param logger The logger to set the level of.
- *
- */
- template <typename TLogger>
- inline auto AddSourceInfo(TLogger& logger) -> void {
- logger->set_pattern("[%n:%^%-8l%$(%s:%!:%#)] %v");
- }
-
- /**
- * Reset the logging pattern to the default.
- *
- * @param logger The logger to set the level of.
- *
- */
- template <typename TLogger>
- inline auto ResetPattern(TLogger& logger) -> void {
- logger->set_pattern(default_pattern);
- }
-
-// define our macro-style loggers
-#define C8LOG_TRACE SPDLOG_TRACE
-#define C8LOG_DEBUG SPDLOG_DEBUG
-#define C8LOG_INFO SPDLOG_INFO
-#define C8LOG_WARN SPDLOG_WARN
-#define C8LOG_ERROR SPDLOG_ERROR
-#define C8LOG_CRITICAL SPDLOG_CRITICAL
-
-// and the specific logger versions
-#define C8LOG_LOGGER_TRACE SPDLOG_LOGGER_TRACE
-#define C8LOG_LOGGER_DEBUG SPDLOG_LOGGER_DEBUG
-#define C8LOG_LOGGER_INFO SPDLOG_LOGGER_INFO
-#define C8LOG_LOGGER_WARN SPDLOG_LOGGER_WARN
-#define C8LOG_LOGGER_ERROR SPDLOG_LOGGER_ERROR
-#define C8LOG_LOGGER_CRITICAL SPDLOG_LOGGER_CRITICAL
-
-} // namespace corsika::logging