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#ifndef __PLCORE_LOG_H__
#define __PLCORE_LOG_H__
#pragma once


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//[ Includes                                              ]
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#include "PLCore/Core/Singleton.h"
#include "PLCore/String/String.h"
#include "PLCore/Container/Queue.h"


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//[ Macro definitions                                     ]
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/**
*  @brief
*    Log macro
*
*  @param[in] Level
*    Log level
*  @param[in] Text
*    Text which should be written into the log
*/
#define PL_LOG(Level, Text) { \
    if (PLCore::Log::HasInstance() && PLCore::Log::GetInstance()->GetLogLevel() >= PLCore::Log::Level) { \
        PLCore::Log::LogLevel nLogLevel = PLCore::Log::Level; /* Avoid 'expression is constant' warning */ \
        if (nLogLevel >= PLCore::Log::Debug) { \
            PLCore::String sLogString = Text; \
            PLCore::Log::GetInstance()->Output(PLCore::Log::Level, sLogString + PLCore::String::Format(", %s, %d, %s", __FILE__, __LINE__, __FUNCTION__)); \
        } else PLCore::Log::GetInstance()->Output(PLCore::Log::Level, Text); \
    } \
}


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//[ Namespace                                             ]
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namespace PLCore {


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//[ Forward declarations                                  ]
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class LogFormatter;


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//[ Classes                                               ]
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/**
*  @brief
*    Log system class
*
*  @note
*    - A configurable amount of messages is hold in a queue (the last n-messages)
*    - When the queue is full a flush is done
*    - A flush is also done if a specified log level is used in the output function (configurable)
*    - A specified log level includes also all log levels with lower values
*      e.g.: if the overall log level is set to info, log messages marked as
*      warning, error or critical are written to the log, too
*    - You can define as many debug log levels as you want
*    - Implementation of the strategy design pattern, this class is the context
*/
class Log : public Singleton<Log> {


    //[-------------------------------------------------------]
    //[ Friends                                               ]
    //[-------------------------------------------------------]
    friend class Singleton<Log>;


    //[-------------------------------------------------------]
    //[ Public definitions                                    ]
    //[-------------------------------------------------------]
    public:
        /**
        *  @brief
        *    Log levels
        *
        *  @remarks
        *    The log level 0 is reserved for messages which are generated from the
        *    log system itself.
        */
        enum LogLevel {
            Quiet = 1,  /**< No log outputs */
            Always,     /**< Should be used if the message should be logged always */
            Critical,   /**< Should be used if an critical error occurs */
            Error,      /**< Should be used if an error occurs */
            Warning,    /**< Should be used for warning texts */
            Info,       /**< Should be used for info texts */
            Debug       /**< Should be used for debug level texts */
        };


    //[-------------------------------------------------------]
    //[ Public static PLCore::Singleton functions             ]
    //[-------------------------------------------------------]
    // This solution enhances the compatibility with legacy compilers like GCC 4.2.1 used on Mac OS X 10.6
    // -> The C++11 feature "extern template" (C++11, see e.g. http://www2.research.att.com/~bs/C++0xFAQ.html#extern-templates) can only be used on modern compilers like GCC 4.6
    // -> We can't break legacy compiler support, especially when only the singletons are responsible for the break
    // -> See PLCore::Singleton for more details about singletons
    public:
        static PLCORE_API Log *GetInstance();
        static PLCORE_API bool HasInstance();


    //[-------------------------------------------------------]
    //[ Public functions                                      ]
    //[-------------------------------------------------------]
    public:
        /**
        *  @brief
        *    Get verbose mode (write log entries to console)
        *
        *  @return
        *    'true' if the log is writing into the console, else 'false'
        *
        *  @note
        *    - In addition to using an optional log formatter, the log also writes into the console in verbose mode
        *    - The log does not need be to be opened to write into the console
        *    - Android: Messages are not written into the console, instead the Android in-kernel log buffer is used
        *              (use Androids "logcat" utility to access this system log)
        *    - By default the log does not write into the console
        */
        inline bool IsVerbose() const;

        /**
        *  @brief
        *    Set verbose mode (write log entries to console)
        *
        *  @param[in] bVerbose
        *    'true' if the log is writing into the console, else 'false'
        *  @param[in] bVerboseLogLevelPrefix
        *    Should the [LogLevel] prefix be shown?
        *
        *  @see
        *    - IsVerbose()
        */
        inline void SetVerbose(bool bVerbose, bool bVerboseLogLevelPrefix = true);

        /**
        *  @brief
        *    Open the log file by using a filename
        *
        *  @param[in] sFilename
        *    The log's filename, the log formatter is automatically created by using the filename extension
        *
        *  @return
        *    'true' if all went fine, else 'false' (maybe the log is already opened or the filename extension is not supported?)
        *
        *  @note
        *    - Supported log filename extensions: "txt" (LogFormatterText), "log" (LogFormatterText), "xml" (LogFormatterXml), "html" (LogFormatterHtml)
        */
        PLCORE_API bool Open(const String &sFilename);

        /**
        *  @brief
        *    Open the log file by using a filename and an explicit log formatter instance
        *
        *  @param[in] sFilename
        *    The log's filename
        *  @param[in] cLogFormatter
        *    Log formatter instance to be used, if this method returns successfully, the log takes over
        *    the control and is responsible for the destruction of the given instance
        *
        *  @return
        *    'true' if all went fine, else 'false' (maybe the log is already opened?)
        */
        PLCORE_API bool Open(const String &sFilename, LogFormatter &cLogFormatter);

        /**
        *  @brief
        *    Close log
        *
        *  @return
        *    'true' if all went fine, else 'false'
        */
        PLCORE_API bool Close();

        /**
        *  @brief
        *    Get log filename
        *
        *  @return
        *    The log filename
        */
        inline String GetFilename() const;

        /**
        *  @brief
        *    Write a string into the log
        *
        *  @param[in] nLogLevel
        *    Log level
        *  @param[in] sText
        *    Text which should be written into the log
        *
        *  @return
        *    'true' if all went fine, else 'false'
        *
        *  @remarks
        *    The text is written to the log only if the current
        *    log level is greater or equal to the specified value.
        */
        inline bool Output(uint8 nLogLevel, const String &sText);

        /**
        *  @brief
        *    Get current log level
        *
        *  @return
        *    The current log level
        */
        inline uint8 GetLogLevel() const;

        /**
        *  @brief
        *    Set current log level
        *
        *  @param[in] nLogLevel
        *    New current log level
        */
        inline void SetLogLevel(uint8 nLogLevel = Info);

        /**
        *  @brief
        *    Get log level for automatic flush
        *
        *  @return
        *    Log level for explicitly flush
        */
        inline uint8 GetFlushLogLevel() const;

        /**
        *  @brief
        *    Set log level for automatic flush
        *
        *  @param[in] nFlushLogLevel
        *    Log level for the explicitly flush
        */
        inline void SetFlushLogLevel(uint8 nFlushLogLevel = Error);

        /**
        *  @brief
        *    Flush output buffer to disk
        *
        *  @return
        *    'true' if all went fine, else 'false' (maybe there was nothing to flush?)
        *
        *  @note
        *    - Only call this function if really required!
        */
        inline bool Flush();

        /**
        *  @brief
        *    Get current amount of buffered log messages
        *
        *  @return
        *    Amount of buffered log messages
        */
        inline uint32 GetBufferCount() const;

        /**
        *  @brief
        *    Set how many log messages should be buffered in memory
        *
        *  @param[in] nBufferCount
        *    Number of messages to buffer
        *
        *  @note
        *    The nBufferCount-last log messages gets buffered
        */
        PLCORE_API void SetBufferCount(uint32 nBufferCount = 10);

        /**
        *  @brief
        *    Get a copy of the queue which holds the last log messages
        *
        *  @return
        *    Queue of n-last log messages
        */
        inline const Queue<String> &GetLastMessages() const;

        /**
        *  @brief
        *    Get a string representation of the given log level
        *
        *  @param[in] nLogLevel
        *    Log level to return the string representation from
        *
        *  @return
        *    The string representation of the given log level
        */
        PLCORE_API String LogLevelToString(uint8 nLogLevel) const;

        /**
        *  @brief
        *    Get log formatter
        *
        *  @return
        *    The current log formatter object, can be a null pointer, do NOT delete the returned instance!
        */
        inline LogFormatter *GetLogFormatter() const;


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    //[ Private functions                                     ]
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    private:
        /**
        *  @brief
        *    Constructor
        */
        Log();

        /**
        *  @brief
        *    Copy constructor
        *
        *  @param[in] cSource
        *    Source to copy from
        */
        Log(const Log &cSource);

        /**
        *  @brief
        *    Destructor
        */
        virtual ~Log();

        /**
        *  @brief
        *    Copy operator
        *
        *  @param[in] cSource
        *    Source to copy from
        *
        *  @return
        *    Reference to this instance
        */
        Log &operator =(const Log &cSource);

        /**
        *  @brief
        *    Write a string into the log
        *
        *  @param[in] nLogLevel
        *    Log Level
        *  @param[in] sText
        *    Text which should be written into the log
        *
        *  @return
        *    'true' if all went fine, else 'false'
        */
        PLCORE_API bool Write(uint8 nLogLevel, const String &sText);


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    //[ Private data                                          ]
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    private:
        bool           m_bVerbose;                  /**< Write into the standard OS console? */
        bool           m_bVerboseLogLevelPrefix;    /**< Indicates if the [LogLevel] prefix should be shown within the standard OS console output */
        String         m_sFilename;                 /**< Filename */
        uint8          m_nLogLevel;                 /**< Current log level mode (see LogLevel) */
        uint8          m_nFlushLogLevel;            /**< If this log level is used the the flush is explicitly done */
        uint32         m_nFlushMessages;            /**< Holds the number of messages since the last flush */
        Queue<String>  m_qLastMessages;             /**< Holds the last log messages */
        uint32         m_nBufferedMessages;         /**< How much messages should be buffered */
        LogFormatter  *m_pLogFormatter;             /**< Holds an instance of a log formatter class, can be a null pointer */


};


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//[ Namespace                                             ]
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} // PLCore


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//[ Implementation                                        ]
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#include "PLCore/Log/Log.inl"


#endif // __PLCORE_LOG_H__