added logging to a file

asteroids/main.cc

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ int main (int argc, char* argv[]) {
 	engine.SetView (new asteroids::View);
 
 	SetLogPrintLevel (Engine::LogLevelDebug);
+	Engine::SetLogFilename ("game.log");
 
 	if (engine.Init (argc, argv) != 0) {
 		cout << "Could not start engine!" << endl;

engine/Logging.cc

@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@
 #include <cstdarg>
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <assert.h>
+#include <ctime>
 
 namespace Engine {
 
 static Logging *LoggingInstance = NULL;
 static LogLevel requested_level = LOG_DEFAULT_LEVEL;
+static std::string requested_logfilename("");
 
 /*
  * Inherited Module functions
@@ -16,6 +18,9 @@ static LogLevel requested_level = LOG_DEFAULT_LEVEL;
 int Logging::OnInit (int argc, char* argv[]) {
 	mPrintLevel = requested_level;
 
+	if (requested_logfilename != "")
+		SetLogFilename (requested_logfilename.c_str());
+
 	Log (LogLevelDebug, "Logging Init");
 	LoggingInstance = this;
 
@@ -25,6 +30,9 @@ int Logging::OnInit (int argc, char* argv[]) {
 void Logging::OnDestroy () {
 	Log (LogLevelDebug, "Logging Destroy");
 
+	if (mLogFileOut)
+		mLogFileOut.close();
+
 	LoggingInstance = NULL;
 }
 
@@ -54,12 +62,29 @@ void Logging::Log (LogLevel level, const char *str, ...) {
 
 	LogEntry log_entry (level, msg);
 	mLogEntries.push_back (log_entry);
+
+	if (mLogFileOut) {
+		time_t timer = time(NULL);
+		std::string timestr (asctime(localtime(&timer)));
+		mLogFileOut << timestr.substr(0, timestr.size() - 1) << ' ' << msg << std::endl;
+	}
 }
 
 void Logging::SetLogPrintLevel (LogLevel print_level) {
 	mPrintLevel = print_level;
 }
 
+void Logging::SetLogFilename (const char *filename) {
+	mLogFileOut.open (filename, std::ios_base::trunc);
+
+	if (!mLogFileOut) {
+		LogError ("Could not open logfile %s for writing!", filename);
+		assert (0);
+	}
+
+	requested_logfilename = "";
+};
+
 const LogEntry &Logging::GetLastEntry () {
 	static LogEntry null_message (LogLevelMessage, "");
 
@@ -82,6 +107,15 @@ void SetLogPrintLevel (LogLevel print_level) {
 	LoggingInstance->SetLogPrintLevel (print_level);
 }
 
+void SetLogFilename (const char *filename) {
+	if (!LoggingInstance) {
+		requested_logfilename = filename;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	LoggingInstance->SetLogFilename (filename);
+}
+
 void LogError (const char* str, ...) {
 	assert (LoggingInstance);
 

engine/Logging.h

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class Logging : public Module {
 	public:
 		void Log (LogLevel level, const char *str, ...);
 		void SetLogPrintLevel (LogLevel print_level);
+		void SetLogFilename (const char *filename);
 		/** \brief Returns the last LogEntry that was sent to the Logging module
 		 */
 		const LogEntry& GetLastEntry ();
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ class Logging : public Module {
 		 * \todo Restrict the number of entries to be stored!
 		 */
 		std::vector<LogEntry> mLogEntries;
+		std::ofstream mLogFileOut;
 };
 
 }

engine/LoggingGlobal.h

@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ struct LogEntry {
 
 /** \brief Sets the level for which messages should be printed out */
 void SetLogPrintLevel (LogLevel print_level);
+/** \brief Sets the filename to which all the logging is sent, set to NULL to disable logging */
+void SetLogFilename (const char *filename);
 
 /** \brief Sends the Message to the Logging system */
 void LogError (const char* str, ...);