Chip8-CPP/include/logger.h

#ifndef CHIP8_LOGGER_H
#define CHIP8_LOGGER_H

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include "date.h"

/**
 * The LogType of a log
 */
enum LogType {
    INFO,
    DEBUG,
    WARN,
    ERROR
};

/**
 * The logger class allows logging to either the output stream or the error stream
 */
class Logger {
private:
    /**
     * Converts the LogType enum to a string to display it in the log
     * @param logType the LogType enum to convert
     * @return the LogType as a string
     */
    static const char* logTypeToString(LogType logType) {
        switch (logType) {
            case LogType::INFO:
                return "INFO";
            case LogType::DEBUG:
                return "DEBUG";
            case LogType::WARN:
                return "WARN";
            case LogType::ERROR:
                return "ERROR";
        }

        return "";
    }
public:
    /**
     * Writes log to either the 'cout' or 'cerr' streams
     *
     * @tparam Args Variadic template representing any number and type of arguments that
     * @param logType The type of the log. If logType is LogType::ERROR, output to 'cerr' instead of 'cout'
     * @param args The contents of the log, this can be any number of arguments
     */
    template<typename... Args>
    static void log(LogType logType, Args&&... args) {
        std::ostream& stream = (logType == LogType::ERROR) ? std::cerr : std::cout;
        stream << "[" << logTypeToString(logType) << "] [" << Date::now().to_string() << "]";
        ((stream << " " << args), ...);
        stream << std::endl;
    }

    /**
     * Writes an info log to the cout stream
     *
     * @tparam Args @see self::log
     * @param args @see self::log
     */
    template<typename... Args>
    static void info(Args&&... args) {
        log(LogType::INFO, std::forward<Args>(args)...);
    }

    /**
    * Writes an debug log to the cout stream
     *
     * @tparam Args @see self::log
     * @param args @see self::log
     */
    template<typename... Args>
    static void debug(Args&&... args) {
        log(LogType::DEBUG, std::forward<Args>(args)...);
    }

    /**
     * Writes an warn log to the cout stream
     *
     * @tparam Args @see self::log
     * @param args @see self::log
     */
    template<typename... Args>
    static void warn(Args&&... args) {
        log(LogType::WARN, std::forward<Args>(args)...);
    }

    /**
     * Writes an error log to the cerr stream
     *
     * @tparam Args @see self::log
     * @param args @see self::log
     */
    template<typename... Args>
    static void error(Args&&... args) {
        log(LogType::ERROR, std::forward<Args>(args)...);
    }
};

#endif //CHIP8_LOGGER_H