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+/*
+ *   StarOffice 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 com.so.news;
+
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.PrintStream;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+/**
+ * Provides logging and debugging methods.
+ * @author Christian Lins
+ */
+public class Debug
+{
+  private static Debug instance = null;
+  
+  /**
+   * Returns the singelton instance of this class.
+   */
+  public static Debug getInstance()
+  {
+    if(instance == null)
+      instance = new Debug();
+    
+    return instance;
+  }
+  
+  private PrintStream out = System.err;
+  
+  /**
+   * This class is a singelton class. The constructor is private to prevent
+   * the creation of more than one instance.
+   */
+  private Debug()
+  {
+    try
+    {
+      String filename = Config.getInstance().get(Config.CONFIG_N3TPD_LOGFILE, "n3tpd.log");
+      
+      this.out = new PrintStream(new FileOutputStream(filename));
+    }
+    catch(IOException e)
+    {
+      e.printStackTrace();
+    }
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Returns the debug output PrintStream. By default this is System.err.
+   */
+  public PrintStream getStream()
+  {
+    return out;
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Writes the given message to the debug output.
+   * @param msg A String message or an object.
+   */
+  public void log(Object msg)
+  {
+    log(out, msg);
+    log(System.out, msg);
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Writes the given debug message to the given PrintStream.
+   * @param out
+   * @param msg
+   */
+  public void log(PrintStream out, Object msg)
+  {
+    out.print(new Date().toString());
+    out.print(": ");
+    out.println(msg.toString());
+    out.flush();
+  }
+}