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/*
* Copyright (c) Ian F. Darwin, http://www.darwinsys.com/, 1996-2002.
* All rights reserved. Software written by Ian F. Darwin and others.
* $Id: LICENSE,v 1.8 2004/02/09 03:33:38 ian Exp $
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
* modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
* are met:
* 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
* notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
* 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
* notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
* documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
*
* THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS''
* AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
* TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
* PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS
* BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
* CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
* SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
* INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
* CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
* ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
* POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
*
* Java, the Duke mascot, and all variants of Sun's Java "steaming coffee
* cup" logo are trademarks of Sun Microsystems. Sun's, and James Gosling's,
* pioneering role in inventing and promulgating (and standardizing) the Java
* language and environment is gratefully acknowledged.
*
* The pioneering role of Dennis Ritchie and Bjarne Stroustrup, of AT&T, for
* inventing predecessor languages C and C++ is also gratefully acknowledged.
*/
/**
* Utilities for debugging
*
* @author Ian Darwin, http://www.darwinsys.com/
* @version $Id: Debug.java,v 1.8 2004/01/31 01:26:06 ian Exp $
*/
public class Debug {
/**
* Static method to see if a given category of debugging is enabled. Enable
* by setting e.g., -Ddebug.fileio to debug file I/O operations. For
* example: <br/>if (Debug.isEnabled("fileio")) <br/>
* System.out.println("Starting to read file " + fileName);
*/
public static boolean isEnabled(String category) {
return System.getProperty("debug." + category) != null;
}
/**
* Static method to println a given message if the given category is enabled
* for debugging, as reported by isEnabled.
*/
public static void println(String category, String msg) {
if (isEnabled(category))
System.out.println(msg);
}
/**
* Static method to println an arbitrary Objecct if the given category is
* enabled for debugging, as reported by isEnabled.
*/
public static void println(String category, Object stuff) {
println(category, stuff.toString());
}
}
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