diff -r 9f0b95aafaa3 -r ed84c8bdd87b src/org/sonews/util/Log.java
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+/*
+ *   SONEWS News Server
+ *   see AUTHORS for the list of contributors
+ *
+ *   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *   (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package org.sonews.util;
+
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.LogManager;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+import java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter;
+import java.util.logging.StreamHandler;
+import org.sonews.config.Config;
+
+/**
+ * Provides logging and debugging methods.
+ * @author Christian Lins
+ * @since sonews/0.5.0
+ */
+public class Log extends Logger
+{
+
+  private static Log instance = new Log();
+
+  private Log()
+  {
+    super("org.sonews", null);
+
+    StreamHandler handler = new StreamHandler(System.out, new SimpleFormatter());
+    Level level = Level.parse(Config.inst().get(Config.LOGLEVEL, "INFO"));
+    handler.setLevel(level);
+    addHandler(handler);
+    setLevel(level);
+    LogManager.getLogManager().addLogger(this);
+  }
+
+  public static Logger get()
+  {
+    Level level = Level.parse(Config.inst().get(Config.LOGLEVEL, "INFO"));
+    instance.setLevel(level);
+    return instance;
+  }
+
+}