scummvm/backends/log/log.h
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/* ScummVM - Graphic Adventure Engine
*
* ScummVM is the legal property of its developers, whose names
* are too numerous to list here. Please refer to the COPYRIGHT
* file distributed with this source distribution.
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
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*
* 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., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
*
*/
#ifndef BACKENDS_LOG_LOG_H
#define BACKENDS_LOG_LOG_H
#include "common/scummsys.h"
class OSystem;
namespace Common {
class WriteStream;
} // End of namespace Common
namespace Backends {
namespace Log {
/**
* Log file writer.
*
* This can be used by the backends to implement file logging functionality.
*/
class Log {
public:
/**
* Constructor for the logger object.
*
* @param system The OSystem instance to use. Must be non-null.
*/
Log(OSystem *system);
~Log() { close(); }
/**
* Opens a new log file.
*
* The previous log, which was handled by this logger, will be closed
* before the new stream is associated.
*
* The current implemention will always call flush after data is written
* to the log file. It might thus be wise to pass an unbuffered write
* stream here to avoid unnecessary overhead.
* @see Common::WriteStream::flush
*
* Calling open with stream being 0 is valid and will result in the same
* behavior as calling close, but it may have additional overhead.
* @see close
*
* This function will output information about the ScummVM version and
* the features built into ScummVM automatically. It will also add a short
* notice to indicate that the log was opened successfully.
*
* @param stream Stream where to output the log contents.
* Note that the stream will be deleted by the logger.
*/
void open(Common::WriteStream *stream);
/**
* Closes the current log file.
*
* This function will output a line saying that the log was closed
* successfully. This can be used to check whether a log is incomplete
* because of whatever reasons.
*/
void close();
/**
* Prints a message to the log stream.
*
* This has optional support to output a timestamp on every new line.
* The timestamp will look like: "[YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS] ".
* Printing of a timestamp is done by default.
*
* It might be noteworthy that this function does not append a new line
* to the given message.
*
* In case no stream is associated with this logger, this function will
* quit immediatly.
*
* @param message The message to write.
* @param printTimeOnNewline Whether to print a timestamp on the start of
* a new line.
*/
void print(const char *message, const bool printTimeOnNewline = true);
private:
/**
* Prints a time stamp in the form: "[YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS] ".
*/
void printTimeStamp();
/**
* The OSystem instance used to query data like the time.
*/
OSystem *_system;
/**
* Where to write the output too.
*/
Common::WriteStream *_stream;
/**
* Whether we are at the start of a line.
*/
bool _startOfLine;
};
} // End of namespace Log
} // End of namespace Backends
#endif