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/**
    @defgroup COUT COUT(x) output macro
    @ingroup Util
*/

/**
@file
@ingroup COUT
@brief
    Handles different output-levels of errors, warnings, infos, and debug information.

    The COUT(level) macro acts like @c std::cout, but the output is only performed if the given
    level is <= the soft debug level.

    There are two used values in this file:
     - The hard debug level is used during compile time. It describes the highest allowed output level.
     - The soft debug level is used during runtime and is the maximum of the three configurable
       output-levels for console, log file, and in game shell.

    The separation between the three devices is done by the OutputHandler.

    @anchor COUTlevels
    Possible levels are:
     - 0: Very important output
     - 1: Errors
     - 2: Warnings
     - 3: Information
     - 4: Debug information
     - 5: More debug information
     - 6: Crazy debug information

    Example:
    @code
    COUT(0) << "Very important output" << std::endl;
    COUT(1) << "Error: Something went wrong!" << std::endl;
    COUT(2) << "Warning: There might be a problem." << std::endl;
    COUT(3) << "Info: It's Monday" << std::endl;
    COUT(4) << "Debug: x is 1.23456" << std::endl;
    @endcode
*/

#ifndef _Util_Debug_H__
#define _Util_Debug_H__

#include "UtilPrereqs.h"
#include "OutputHandler.h"

namespace orxonox
{
    // Just for convenience
    using std::endl;

    // Adjust this to discard certain output with level > hardDebugLevel at compile time already
#ifdef ORXONOX_RELEASE
    const int hardDebugLevel = OutputLevel::Verbose;
#elif defined(NDEBUG)
    const int hardDebugLevel = OutputLevel::Verbose;
#else
    //! Maximum level for debug output that should be even processed at run time
    const int hardDebugLevel = OutputLevel::Ultra;
#endif

    //! This function simply returns 0 and helps to suppress the "statement has no effect" compiler warning
    inline int debugDummyFunction()
    {
        return 0;
    }
}

/**
@brief
    Logs text output: You can use COUT(level) exactly like @c std::cout, but you have to specify an output level as argument.
@param level
    The level of the following output (passed with <tt><< "text"</tt>). Lower levels are more important. See @ref COUTlevels "the description above" for a list of possible output levels.

    Example:
    @code
    COUT(3) << "Some info" << std::endl; // Output with level 3
    @endcode
@note
    <tt>(a > b ? 0 : c << "text")</tt> is equivalent to <tt>(a > b ? 0 : (c << "text")</tt>
    where <tt>(a > b ? 0 : )</tt> stands for COUT(x). This should explain how
    this macro magic can possibly even work ;)
@remarks
    The <tt>? :</tt> operator requires both possible results to have the type of
    the first. This is achieved by the int conversion operator dummy
    in the @ref orxonox::OutputHandler.
*/
#define COUT(level)                                                    \
    /*if*/ (level > orxonox::hardDebugLevel) ?                         \
        orxonox::debugDummyFunction()                                  \
    /*else*/ :                                                         \
        /*if*/ (level > orxonox::OutputHandler::getSoftDebugLevel()) ? \
            orxonox::debugDummyFunction()                              \
        /*else*/ :                                                     \
            orxonox::OutputHandler::getOutStream(level)

#endif /* _Util_Debug_H__ */