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+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2015,  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_DAEMON_FACE_FACE_LOG_HPP
+#define NFD_DAEMON_FACE_FACE_LOG_HPP
+
+#include "core/logger.hpp"
+
+namespace nfd {
+namespace face {
+
+/** \brief for internal use by FaceLogging macros
+ *
+ *  FaceLogHelper wraps a Face, LinkService, or Transport object.
+ *
+ *  std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const FaceLogHelper<T>& flh)
+ *  should be specialized to print "[id=888,local=scheme://local/uri,remote=scheme://remote/uri] "
+ *  which appears as part of the log message.
+ */
+template<typename T>
+class FaceLogHelper
+{
+public:
+  explicit
+  FaceLogHelper(const T& obj1)
+    : obj(obj1)
+  {
+  }
+
+public:
+  const T& obj;
+};
+
+/** \defgroup FaceLogging Face logging macros
+ *
+ * These macros augment the log message with some face-specific information,
+ * such as the face ID, that are useful to distinguish which face produced the
+ * message. It is strongly recommended to use these macros instead of the
+ * generic ones for all logging inside Face, LinkService, Transport subclasses.
+ * @{
+ */
+
+#define NFD_LOG_FACE(level, msg) NFD_LOG_##level( \
+  ::nfd::face::FaceLogHelper< \
+    typename std::remove_cv< \
+      typename std::remove_reference<decltype(*this)>::type \
+    >::type \
+  >(*this) \
+  << msg)
+
+/** \brief Log a message at TRACE level */
+#define NFD_LOG_FACE_TRACE(msg) NFD_LOG_FACE(TRACE, msg)
+
+/** \brief Log a message at DEBUG level */
+#define NFD_LOG_FACE_DEBUG(msg) NFD_LOG_FACE(DEBUG, msg)
+
+/** \brief Log a message at INFO level */
+#define NFD_LOG_FACE_INFO(msg)  NFD_LOG_FACE(INFO,  msg)
+
+/** \brief Log a message at WARN level */
+#define NFD_LOG_FACE_WARN(msg)  NFD_LOG_FACE(WARN,  msg)
+
+/** \brief Log a message at ERROR level */
+#define NFD_LOG_FACE_ERROR(msg) NFD_LOG_FACE(ERROR, msg)
+
+/** @} */
+
+} // namespace face
+} // namespace nfd
+
+#endif // NFD_DAEMON_FACE_FACE_LOG_HPP