OpenSim::Logger Class Reference

This is a singleton class (single instance) for logging messages and controlling how those messages are presented to the user. More...

Public Member Functions
	Logger ()=delete
	This is a static singleton class: there is no way of constructing it. More...

Static Public Member Functions
static void	setLevel (Level level)
	Log messages of importance level and greater. More...
static Level	getLevel ()
static void	setLevelString (std::string level)
	Set the logging level using one of the following strings (case-insensitive): More...
static std::string	getLevelString ()
static bool	shouldLog (Level level)
	Returns true if messages at the provided level should be logged, based on the set logging level. More...
static void	addFileSink (const std::string &filepath="opensim.log")
	Log messages to a file at the level getLevel(). More...
static void	removeFileSink ()
	Remove the filesink if it exists. More...
static void	addSink (const std::shared_ptr< LogSink > sink)
	Start reporting messages to the provided sink. More...
static void	removeSink (const std::shared_ptr< LogSink > sink)
	Remove a sink. More...
Commands to log messages
Use these functions instead of using spdlog directly.
template<typename... Args>
static void	critical (spdlog::string_view_t fmt, const Args &... args)
template<typename... Args>
static void	error (spdlog::string_view_t fmt, const Args &... args)
template<typename... Args>
static void	warn (spdlog::string_view_t fmt, const Args &... args)
template<typename... Args>
static void	info (spdlog::string_view_t fmt, const Args &... args)
template<typename... Args>
static void	debug (spdlog::string_view_t fmt, const Args &... args)
template<typename... Args>
static void	trace (spdlog::string_view_t fmt, const Args &... args)
template<typename... Args>
static void	cout (spdlog::string_view_t fmt, const Args &... args)
	Use this function to log messages that would normally be sent to std::cout. More...

Detailed Description

This is a singleton class (single instance) for logging messages and controlling how those messages are presented to the user.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Logger()

OpenSim::Logger::Logger ( )

delete

This is a static singleton class: there is no way of constructing it.

Member Function Documentation

addFileSink()

static void OpenSim::Logger::addFileSink ( const std::string &  filepath = "opensim.log" )

static

Log messages to a file at the level getLevel().

OpenSim logs messages to the file opensim.log by default. If we are already logging messages to a file, then this function issues a warning and returns; invoke removeFileSink() first.

Note

This function is not thread-safe. Do not invoke this function concurrently, or concurrently with addSink() or removeSink().

If filepath can't be opened, no log file is created.

addSink()

static void OpenSim::Logger::addSink ( const std::shared_ptr< LogSink >  sink )

static

Start reporting messages to the provided sink.

Note

This function is not thread-safe. Do not invoke this function concurrently, or concurrently with addLogFile() or removeSink().

cout()

template<typename... Args>

static void OpenSim::Logger::cout ( spdlog::string_view_t  fmt, const Args &...  args  )

inlinestatic

Use this function to log messages that would normally be sent to std::cout.

These messages always appear, and are also logged to the filesink (addFileSink()) and any sinks added via addSink(). The main use case for this function is inside of functions whose intent is to print information (e.g., Component::printSubcomponentInfo()). Besides such use cases, this function should be used sparingly to give users control over what gets logged.

Referenced by log_cout().

critical()

template<typename... Args>

static void OpenSim::Logger::critical ( spdlog::string_view_t  fmt, const Args &...  args  )

inlinestatic

Referenced by log_critical().

debug()

template<typename... Args>

static void OpenSim::Logger::debug ( spdlog::string_view_t  fmt, const Args &...  args  )

inlinestatic

Referenced by log_debug().

error()

template<typename... Args>

static void OpenSim::Logger::error ( spdlog::string_view_t  fmt, const Args &...  args  )

inlinestatic

Referenced by log_error().

getLevel()

static Level OpenSim::Logger::getLevel ( )

static

getLevelString()

static std::string OpenSim::Logger::getLevelString ( )

static

info()

template<typename... Args>

static void OpenSim::Logger::info ( spdlog::string_view_t  fmt, const Args &...  args  )

inlinestatic

Referenced by log_info().

removeFileSink()

static void OpenSim::Logger::removeFileSink ( )

static

Remove the filesink if it exists.

If the filesink was already removed, then this does nothing.

Note

This function is not thread-safe. Do not invoke this function concurrently, or concurrently with addSink() or removeSink().

removeSink()

static void OpenSim::Logger::removeSink ( const std::shared_ptr< LogSink >  sink )

static

Remove a sink.

If it doesn't exist, do nothing.

Note

This function is not thread-safe. Do not invoke this function concurrently, or concurrently with addLogFile() or addSink().

setLevel()

static void OpenSim::Logger::setLevel ( Level  level )

static

Log messages of importance level and greater.

For example, if the level is set to Info, then Critical, Error, Warn, and Info messages are logged, while Debug and Trace messages are not logged.

setLevelString()

static void OpenSim::Logger::setLevelString ( std::string  level )

static

Set the logging level using one of the following strings (case-insensitive):

• Off
• Critical
• Error
• Warn
• Info
• Debug
• Trace This variant of setLevel() is for use in Matlab.

  See also

  Level.

shouldLog()

static bool OpenSim::Logger::shouldLog ( Level  level )

static

Returns true if messages at the provided level should be logged, based on the set logging level.

The following code will produce output:

Log::setLevel(Log::Level::Warn);
if (shouldLog(Log::Level::Error)) {
    std::cout << "Error encountered." << std::endl;
}

trace()

template<typename... Args>

static void OpenSim::Logger::trace ( spdlog::string_view_t  fmt, const Args &...  args  )

inlinestatic

Referenced by log_trace().

warn()

template<typename... Args>

static void OpenSim::Logger::warn ( spdlog::string_view_t  fmt, const Args &...  args  )

inlinestatic

Referenced by log_warn().

Member Enumeration Documentation

Level

enum OpenSim::Logger::Level

strong

This enum lists the types of messages that should be logged.

These levels match those of the spdlog logging library that OpenSim uses for logging.

Enumerator
Off	Do not log any messages. Useful when running an optimization or automated pipeline.
Critical	Only log critical errors.
Error	Log all messages that require user intervention.
Warn	Log warnings. Warnings are generated when the software will proceed but the user should check their input.
Info	Default.
Debug	Log information that may be useful when debugging the operation of the software to investigate unexpected results.
Trace	Log as much as possible, including messages that describe the software's behavior step by step. Note: OpenSim has very few Trace-level messages.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• OpenSim/Common/Logger.h