chris@1: /*
chris@1:  *   SONEWS News Server
chris@1:  *   see AUTHORS for the list of contributors
chris@1:  *
chris@1:  *   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
chris@1:  *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
chris@1:  *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
chris@1:  *   (at your option) any later version.
chris@1:  *
chris@1:  *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
chris@1:  *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
chris@1:  *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
chris@1:  *   GNU General Public License for more details.
chris@1:  *
chris@1:  *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
chris@1:  *   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
chris@1:  */
chris@1: 
chris@1: package org.sonews.util;
chris@1: 
chris@1: import java.util.Date;
chris@3: import org.sonews.config.Config;
chris@1: 
chris@1: /**
chris@1:  * Provides logging and debugging methods.
chris@1:  * @author Christian Lins
chris@1:  * @since sonews/0.5.0
chris@1:  */
chris@1: public class Log
chris@1: {
chris@1:   
chris@1:   public static boolean isDebug()
chris@1:   {
chris@3:     // We must use FileConfig here otherwise we come
chris@1:     // into hell's kittchen when using the Logger within the
chris@1:     // Database class.
chris@3:     return Config.inst().get(Config.DEBUG, false);
chris@1:   }
chris@1:   
chris@1:   /**
chris@1:    * Writes the given message to the debug output.
chris@1:    * @param msg A String message or an object.
chris@1:    * @param If true this message is only shown if debug mode is enabled.
chris@1:    */
chris@1:   public static void msg(final Object msg, boolean debug)
chris@1:   {
chris@1:     if(isDebug() || !debug)
chris@1:     {
chris@1:       synchronized(System.out)
chris@1:       {
chris@1:         System.out.print(new Date().toString());
chris@1:         System.out.print(": ");
chris@1:         System.out.println(msg);
chris@1:         System.out.flush();
chris@1:       }
chris@1:     }
chris@1:   }
chris@1: 
chris@1: }