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+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2014,  Regents of the University of California,
+ *                      Arizona Board of Regents,
+ *                      Colorado State University,
+ *                      University Pierre & Marie Curie, Sorbonne University,
+ *                      Washington University in St. Louis,
+ *                      Beijing Institute of Technology,
+ *                      The University of Memphis
+ *
+ * This file is part of NFD (Named Data Networking Forwarding Daemon).
+ * See AUTHORS.md for complete list of NFD authors and contributors.
+ *
+ * NFD 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.
+ *
+ * NFD 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
+ * NFD, e.g., in COPYING.md file.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef NFD_ANDROID_CUSTOM_LOGGER_HPP
+#define NFD_ANDROID_CUSTOM_LOGGER_HPP
+
+#include "common.hpp"
+#include <android/log.h>
+
+namespace nfd {
+
+/** \brief indicates a log level
+ *  \note This type is internal. Logger should be accessed through NFD_LOG_* macros.
+ */
+enum LogLevel {
+  LOG_FATAL          = -1, // fatal (will be logged unconditionally)
+  LOG_NONE           = 0, // no messages
+  LOG_ERROR          = 1, // serious error messages
+  LOG_WARN           = 2, // warning messages
+  LOG_INFO           = 3, // informational messages
+  LOG_DEBUG          = 4, // debug messages
+  LOG_TRACE          = 5, // trace messages (most verbose)
+  LOG_ALL            = 255 // all messages
+};
+
+/** \brief provides logging for a module
+ *  \note This type is internal. Logger should be accessed through NFD_LOG_* macros.
+ *  \note This type is copyable because logger can be declared as a field of
+ *        (usually template) classes, and shouldn't prevent those classes to be copyable.
+ */
+class Logger
+{
+public:
+  Logger(const std::string& name, LogLevel level);
+
+  bool
+  isEnabled(LogLevel level) const
+  {
+    return m_enabledLogLevel >= level;
+  }
+
+  void
+  setLogLevel(LogLevel level)
+  {
+    m_enabledLogLevel = level;
+  }
+
+  const std::string&
+  getName() const
+  {
+    return m_moduleName;
+  }
+
+  void
+  setName(const std::string& name)
+  {
+    m_moduleName = name;
+  }
+
+private:
+  std::string m_moduleName;
+  LogLevel    m_enabledLogLevel;
+};
+
+inline std::ostream&
+operator<<(std::ostream& output, const Logger& logger)
+{
+  output << logger.getName();
+  return output;
+}
+
+} // namespace nfd
+
+#include "core/logger-factory.hpp"
+
+namespace nfd {
+
+#define NFD_LOG_INIT(name) \
+static nfd::Logger& g_logger = nfd::LoggerFactory::create(name)
+
+#define NFD_LOG_INCLASS_DECLARE() \
+static nfd::Logger& g_logger
+
+#define NFD_LOG_INCLASS_DEFINE(cls, name) \
+nfd::Logger& cls::g_logger = nfd::LoggerFactory::create(name)
+
+#define NFD_LOG_INCLASS_TEMPLATE_DEFINE(cls, name) \
+template<class T>                                  \
+nfd::Logger& cls<T>::g_logger = nfd::LoggerFactory::create(name)
+
+#define NFD_LOG_INCLASS_TEMPLATE_SPECIALIZATION_DEFINE(cls, specialization, name) \
+template<>                                                                        \
+nfd::Logger& cls<specialization>::g_logger = nfd::LoggerFactory::create(name)
+
+#define NFD_LOG_INCLASS_2TEMPLATE_SPECIALIZATION_DEFINE(cls, s1, s2, name) \
+template<>                                                                 \
+nfd::Logger& cls<s1, s2>::g_logger = nfd::LoggerFactory::create(name)
+
+#define NFD_LOG(nfdLevel, androidLevel, msg, expression)                \
+do {                                                                    \
+  if (g_logger.isEnabled(::nfd::LOG_##nfdLevel)) {                      \
+    std::ostringstream os;                                              \
+    os << expression;                                                   \
+    __android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_##androidLevel,                     \
+                        g_logger.getName().c_str(), "%s", os.str().c_str()); \
+  }                                                                     \
+} while (false)
+
+#define NFD_LOG_TRACE(expression) NFD_LOG(TRACE, VERBOSE, TRACE, expression)
+#define NFD_LOG_DEBUG(expression) NFD_LOG(DEBUG, DEBUG, DEBUG,   expression)
+#define NFD_LOG_INFO(expression)  NFD_LOG(INFO,  INFO,  INFO,    expression)
+#define NFD_LOG_WARN(expression)  NFD_LOG(WARN,  WARN,  WARNING, expression)
+#define NFD_LOG_ERROR(expression) NFD_LOG(ERROR, ERROR, ERROR,   expression)
+#define NFD_LOG_FATAL(expression) NFD_LOG(FATAL, FATAL, FATAL,   expression)
+
+} // namespace nfd
+
+#endif // NFD_ANDROID_CUSTOM_LOGGER_HPP