logger.js

/*
Copyright 2018 André Jaenisch

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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*/

/**
 * @module logger
 */
const log = require("loglevel");

// This is to demonstrate, that you can use any namespace you want.
// Namespaces allow you to turn on/off the logging for specific parts of the
// application.
// An idea would be to control this via an environment variable (on Node.js).
// See https://www.npmjs.com/package/debug to see how this could be implemented
// Part of #332 is introducing a logging library in the first place.
const DEFAULT_NAME_SPACE = "matrix";
const logger = log.getLogger(DEFAULT_NAME_SPACE);
logger.setLevel(log.levels.DEBUG);

/**
 * Drop-in replacement for <code>console</code> using {@link https://www.npmjs.com/package/loglevel|loglevel}.
 * Can be tailored down to specific use cases if needed.
*/
module.exports = logger;