diff -r 000000000000 -r 6fceb66e1ad7 org/sonews/util/Log.java
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+/*
+ *   SONEWS News Server
+ *   see AUTHORS for the list of contributors
+ *
+ *   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *   (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *   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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package org.sonews.util;
+
+import org.sonews.daemon.*;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+/**
+ * Provides logging and debugging methods.
+ * @author Christian Lins
+ * @since sonews/0.5.0
+ */
+public class Log
+{
+  
+  public static boolean isDebug()
+  {
+    // We must use BootstrapConfig here otherwise we come
+    // into hell's kittchen when using the Logger within the
+    // Database class.
+    return BootstrapConfig.getInstance().get(BootstrapConfig.DEBUG, false);
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Writes the given message to the debug output.
+   * @param msg A String message or an object.
+   * @param If true this message is only shown if debug mode is enabled.
+   */
+  public static void msg(final Object msg, boolean debug)
+  {
+    if(isDebug() || !debug)
+    {
+      synchronized(System.out)
+      {
+        System.out.print(new Date().toString());
+        System.out.print(": ");
+        System.out.println(msg);
+        System.out.flush();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+}