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+// Copyright 2014 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Logging and checks.  Avoids a dependency on base.
+//
+// LOG(tag) prints messages.  Tags are INFO, WARNING, ERROR and FATAL.
+// INFO prints to stdout, the others to stderr.  FATAL aborts after printing.
+//
+// LOG_IF(tag, predicate) logs if predicate evaluates to true, else silent.
+//
+// VLOG(level) logs INFO messages where level is less than or equal to the
+// verbosity level set with SetVerbose().
+//
+// VLOG_IF(level, predicate) logs INFO if predicate evaluates to true,
+// else silent.
+//
+// CHECK(predicate) logs a FATAL error if predicate is false.
+// NOTREACHED() always aborts.
+// Log streams can be changed with SetStreams().  Logging is not thread-safe.
+//
+
+#ifndef TOOLS_RELOCATION_PACKER_SRC_DEBUG_H_
+#define TOOLS_RELOCATION_PACKER_SRC_DEBUG_H_
+
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <ostream>
+#include <sstream>
+
+namespace relocation_packer {
+
+class Logger {
+ public:
+  enum Severity {INFO = 0, WARNING, ERROR, FATAL};
+
+  // Construct a new message logger.  Prints if level is less than or
+  // equal to the level set with SetVerbose() and predicate is true.
+  // |severity| is an enumerated severity.
+  // |level| is the verbosity level.
+  // |predicate| controls if the logger prints or is silent.
+  Logger(Severity severity, int level, bool predicate);
+
+  // On destruction, flush and print the strings accumulated in stream_.
+  ~Logger();
+
+  // Return the stream for this logger.
+  std::ostream& GetStream() { return stream_; }
+
+  // Set verbosity level.  Messages with a level less than or equal to
+  // this level are printed, others are discarded.  Static, not thread-safe.
+  static void SetVerbose(int level) { max_level_ = level; }
+
+  // Set info and error logging streams.  Static, not thread-safe.
+  static void SetStreams(std::ostream* info_stream,
+                         std::ostream* error_stream) {
+    info_stream_ = info_stream;
+    error_stream_ = error_stream;
+  }
+
+  // Reset to initial state.
+  static void Reset();
+
+ private:
+  // Message severity, verbosity level, and predicate.
+  Severity severity_;
+  int level_;
+  bool predicate_;
+
+  // String stream, accumulates message text.
+  std::ostringstream stream_;
+
+  // Verbosity for INFO messages.  Not thread-safe.
+  static int max_level_;
+
+  // Logging streams.  Not thread-safe.
+  static std::ostream* info_stream_;
+  static std::ostream* error_stream_;
+};
+
+}  // namespace relocation_packer
+
+// Make logging severities visible globally.
+typedef relocation_packer::Logger::Severity LogSeverity;
+using LogSeverity::INFO;
+using LogSeverity::WARNING;
+using LogSeverity::ERROR;
+using LogSeverity::FATAL;
+
+// LOG(severity) prints a message with the given severity, and aborts if
+// severity is FATAL.  LOG_IF(severity, predicate) does the same but only if
+// predicate is true.  INT_MIN is guaranteed to be less than or equal to
+// any verbosity level.
+#define LOG(severity) \
+    (relocation_packer::Logger(severity, INT_MIN, true).GetStream())
+#define LOG_IF(severity, predicate) \
+    (relocation_packer::Logger(severity, INT_MIN, (predicate)).GetStream())
+
+// VLOG(level) prints its message as INFO if level is less than or equal to
+// the current verbosity level.
+#define VLOG(level) \
+    (relocation_packer::Logger(INFO, (level), true).GetStream())
+#define VLOG_IF(level, predicate) \
+    (relocation_packer::Logger(INFO, (level), (predicate)).GetStream())
+
+// CHECK(predicate) fails with a FATAL log message if predicate is false.
+#define CHECK(predicate) (LOG_IF(FATAL, !(predicate)) \
+    << __FILE__ << ":" << __LINE__ << ": " \
+    << __FUNCTION__ << ": CHECK '" #predicate "' failed")
+
+// NOTREACHED() always fails with a FATAL log message.
+#define NOTREACHED(_) (LOG(FATAL) \
+    << __FILE__ << ":" << __LINE__ << ": " \
+    << __FUNCTION__ << ": NOTREACHED() hit")
+
+#endif  // TOOLS_RELOCATION_PACKER_SRC_DEBUG_H_