source: code/branches/FICN/src/orxonox/core/DebugLevel.cc @ 695

/*
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 *   Author:
 *      Fabian 'x3n' Landau
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 *
 */

/*!
    @file DebugLevel.cc
    @brief Implementation of the DebugLevel class.
*/

#include "CoreIncludes.h"
#include "Debug.h"
#include "DebugLevel.h"

namespace orxonox
{
    /**
        @brief Constructor: Registers the object and sets the debug level.
        @param A reference to a global variable, used to avoid an infinite recursion in getSoftDebugLevel()
    */
    DebugLevel::DebugLevel(bool& bReturnSoftDebugLevel)
    {
        RegisterRootObject(DebugLevel);
        this->setConfigValues();
        bReturnSoftDebugLevel = true;
    }

    /**
        @brief Function to collect the SetConfigValue-macro calls.
    */
    void DebugLevel::setConfigValues()
    {
        SetConfigValue(softDebugLevel_, 2);
    }

    /**
        @brief Static function that holds the singleton.
    */
    int DebugLevel::getSoftDebugLevel()
    {
        static bool bCreatingSoftDebugLevelObject = true;   // Static variable - used to enhance the performance
        static bool bReturnSoftDebugLevel = false;          // Static variable - used to avoid an infinite recursion
        static DebugLevel* theOnlyDebugLevelObject = 0;     // Static variable - will contain a pointer to the only instance of the DebugLevel class

        // If bReturnSoftDebugLevel is true, the instance of DebugLevel was created (it's set to true at the end of the constructor, call by reference)
        if (bReturnSoftDebugLevel)
            return theOnlyDebugLevelObject->softDebugLevel_;

        // If bCreatingSoftDebugLevelObject is true, we're just about to create an instance of the DebugLevel class
        if (bCreatingSoftDebugLevelObject)
        {
            bCreatingSoftDebugLevelObject = false;
            theOnlyDebugLevelObject = new DebugLevel(bReturnSoftDebugLevel);
            return theOnlyDebugLevelObject->softDebugLevel_;
        }

        // Return a constant value while we're creating the object
        return 4;
    }
}

/**
    @returns the soft debug level, stored in the only existing instance of the DebugLevel class, configured in the config-file.
*/
int getSoftDebugLevel()
{
    return orxonox::DebugLevel::getSoftDebugLevel();
}