LogFile Class Reference

#include <LogFile.hpp>

Collaboration diagram for LogFile:

Public Member Functions
void	Set (unsigned level, const std::string &rDirectory, const std::string &rFileName="log.txt")
void	SetPrecision (unsigned precision)
void	WriteHeader (std::string simulationType="")
void	WriteElapsedTime (std::string pre="")
bool	IsFileSet ()
template<class T >
LogFile &	operator<< (T message)
Static Public Member Functions
static LogFile *	Instance ()
static unsigned	Level ()
static unsigned	MaxLoggingLevel ()
static void	Close ()
Private Member Functions
	LogFile ()
Private Attributes
bool	mFileSet
out_stream	mpOutStream
time_t	mInitTime
unsigned	mLevel
unsigned	mPrecision
Static Private Attributes
static LogFile *	mpInstance = NULL
static const unsigned	mMaxLoggingLevel = 2

Detailed Description

A singleton log file class. Allows the user to define log file in the test, which can be written to (without being passed around in the code).

Usage (in test):

// begining of test LogFile* p_log = LogFile::Instance(); p_log->Set(level, "dir","file"); p_log->WriteHeader("type_of_sim"); // optional

// at end of simulation LogFile::Close();

Here 'level' is a number between 0 and LogFile::MaxLoggingLevel, with zero meaning no logging and MaxLoggingLevel meaning full logging.

Usage (in source) - use the macro 'LOG' LOG(1, "Info to be written to the log file\n" << "More info\n"); LogFile::Instance()->WriteElapsedTime(); // optional

This checks whether the given level (here '1') is greater or equal to the given logging level, in which case it writes to the current log file. If there is no log file set up it does nothing.

Note the log file can be written to directly, without any level-checking, using (*LogFileInstance()) << "Info to be written to the log file\n";

Definition at line 68 of file LogFile.hpp.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

LogFile::LogFile ( ) [private]

Constructor. Should never be called directly, call LogFile::Instance() instead.

Definition at line 38 of file LogFile.cpp.

Member Function Documentation

void LogFile::Close ( ) [static]

Close the currently open file, and delete the single LogFile instance

Definition at line 99 of file LogFile.cpp.

References mpInstance, and mpOutStream.

Referenced by CardiacElectroMechanicsProblem< DIM >::~CardiacElectroMechanicsProblem().

LogFile * LogFile::Instance ( ) [static]

Get the single instance of the LogFile object.

Definition at line 47 of file LogFile.cpp.

References mpInstance.

Referenced by CardiacElectroMechanicsProblem< DIM >::CardiacElectroMechanicsProblem(), and CardiacElectroMechanicsProblem< DIM >::Solve().

bool LogFile::IsFileSet ( )

Whether Set() has been called

Definition at line 127 of file LogFile.cpp.

References mFileSet.

unsigned LogFile::Level ( ) [static]

Get the logging level.

Definition at line 56 of file LogFile.cpp.

References mLevel, and mpInstance.

unsigned LogFile::MaxLoggingLevel ( ) [static]

Get the maximum allowed logging level.

Definition at line 93 of file LogFile.cpp.

References mMaxLoggingLevel.

template<class T >

LogFile& LogFile::operator<< ( T message ) [inline]

Overloaded << operator, to write to the log file, if one has been set, and does nothing if not.

Parameters:

message

the message to write to the log file

Definition at line 174 of file LogFile.hpp.

References mFileSet, and mPrecision.

void LogFile::Set	(	unsigned	level,
		const std::string &	rDirectory,
		const std::string &	rFileName = `"log.txt"`
	)

Set the logging level, the directory (relative to TEST_OUTPUT) and the file the log should be written to (file defaults to "log.txt").

The level should be a number between 0 and LogFile::MaxLoggingLevel() (which is the same as LogFile::mMaxLoggingLevel)

Note: we intentionally do NOT check or throw an exception if a file has already been set (ie Close() wasn't called the last time a log was used).

The directory is never cleaned.

Parameters:

	level	the logging level
	rDirectory	the directory in which to write the data to file
	rFileName	the name of the file to write to, relative to the output directory

Definition at line 69 of file LogFile.cpp.

References mFileSet, mLevel, mMaxLoggingLevel, mpOutStream, and OutputFileHandler::OpenOutputFile().

Referenced by CardiacElectroMechanicsProblem< DIM >::CardiacElectroMechanicsProblem().

void LogFile::SetPrecision ( unsigned precision )

Set the precision to write data (the 'decimal precision', look up documentation for std::setprecision()).

Parameters:

precision

the precision

Definition at line 133 of file LogFile.cpp.

References mPrecision.

void LogFile::WriteElapsedTime ( std::string pre = "" )

Write the elapsed time since the simulation began (since the log file was created).