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+#include "logger.h"
+
+G_DEFINE_INTERFACE (Logger, logger, G_TYPE_INVALID);
+
+static void
+logger_logv_default (Logger *self, GLogLevelFlags log_level, const gchar *format, va_list ap);
+
+static void
+logger_default_init (LoggerInterface *iface)
+{
+ iface->logv = &logger_logv_default;
+}
+
+gint
+logger_logprefix (Logger *self, gchar *buf, gulong buflen)
+{
+ g_return_val_if_fail (IS_LOGGER (self), -1);
+ return LOGGER_GET_INTERFACE (self)->logprefix (self, buf, buflen);
+}
+
+void
+logger_logv (Logger *self, GLogLevelFlags log_level, const gchar *format, va_list ap)
+{
+ g_return_if_fail (IS_LOGGER (self));
+ LOGGER_GET_INTERFACE (self)->logv (self, log_level, format, ap);
+}
+
+void
+logger_logv_default (Logger *self, GLogLevelFlags log_level, const gchar *format, va_list ap)
+{
+ va_list ap_copy;
+ gint tmp;
+
+ /* figure out how long the prefix is */
+ tmp = logger_logprefix (self, NULL, 0);
+ if (tmp < 0)
+ {
+ g_error ("failed to get log prefix");
+ return;
+ }
+
+ /* print the prefix to a variable length array (to avoid malloc) */
+ gchar pfx[tmp + 1];
+ tmp = logger_logprefix (self, pfx, sizeof(pfx));
+ if (tmp < 0)
+ {
+ g_error ("failed to get log prefix");
+ return;
+ }
+
+ /* figure out how long the formatted message is */
+ va_copy (ap_copy, ap);
+ tmp = g_vsnprintf (NULL, 0, format, ap_copy);
+ va_end (ap_copy);
+ if (tmp < 0)
+ {
+ g_error ("failed to format log message");
+ return;
+ }
+
+ /* print the message to a variable length array (to avoid malloc) */
+ gchar msg[tmp+1];
+ tmp = g_vsnprintf (msg, sizeof(msg), format, ap);
+ if (tmp < 0)
+ {
+ g_error ("failed to format log message");
+ return;
+ }
+
+ /* log the message with the prefix */
+ g_log (G_LOG_DOMAIN, log_level, "%s%s", pfx, msg);
+}
+
+void
+logger_log (Logger *self, GLogLevelFlags log_level, const gchar *format, ...)
+{
+ va_list ap;
+ va_start (ap, format);
+ logger_logv (self, log_level, format, ap);
+ va_end (ap);
+}
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+#ifndef LOGGER_H_
+#define LOGGER_H_
+
+#include <glib-object.h>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+#include <cstdarg> /* for va_list */
+#else
+#include <stdarg.h> /* for va_list */
+#endif
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+#define LOGGER_TYPE (logger_get_type ())
+#define LOGGER(obj) (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((obj), LOGGER_TYPE, Logger))
+#define IS_LOGGER(obj) (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((obj), LOGGER_TYPE))
+#define LOGGER_GET_INTERFACE(obj) (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_INTERFACE ((obj), LOGGER_TYPE, LoggerInterface))
+
+typedef struct Logger Logger;
+
+typedef struct {
+ GTypeInterface parent;
+
+ gint (*logprefix) (Logger *self, gchar *buf, gulong buflen);
+ void (*logv) (Logger *self, GLogLevelFlags log_level, const gchar *format, va_list ap);
+} LoggerInterface;
+
+GType logger_get_type (void);
+
+/*!
+ * \brief instruct \c self to generate a log message prefix
+ *
+ * the semantics of the \c buf and \c buflen arguments and the return
+ * value are the same as g_snprintf()
+ *
+ * there is no default implementation
+ */
+gint logger_logprefix (Logger *self, gchar *buf, gulong buflen);
+
+/*!
+ * \brief instruct \c self to log the given message
+ *
+ * the default implementation prefixes the log message with the
+ * output of logger_logprefix() and then passes the result to
+ * g_log()
+ */
+void logger_logv (Logger *self, GLogLevelFlags log_level, const gchar *format, va_list ap);
+
+/*! \brief convenience wrapper around \c logger_logv() */
+void logger_log (Logger *self, GLogLevelFlags log_level, const gchar *format, ...);
+
+/* convenience wrappers around logger_log() */
+#define l_debug(self, ...) \
+ logger_log (LOGGER (self), G_LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, __VA_ARGS__)
+#define l_warning(self, ...) \
+ logger_log (LOGGER (self), G_LOG_LEVEL_WARNING, __VA_ARGS__)
+
+G_END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* !LOGGER_H_ */