Logging

Debug output and checks

Before using any of debugging/logging methods below you should set PRECICE_TRACE() at the beginning of the function.

• PRECICE_TRACE(parameters) prints the name and the parameters when entering a functions. It only prints the function name when leaving a function. This call should go to the very top of a function.
• PRECICE_DEBUG(stream) prints a debug message.
• PRECICE_WARN(stream) prints a warning message.
• PRECICE_INFO(stream) prints an info message. This is only visible on rank 0 by default.
• PRECICE_ERROR(message) unconditionally aborts the program. This should be used to catch user errors such as invalid configuration parameter combinations.
• PRECICE_CHECK(check, errorMessage) conditionally calls PRECICE_ERROR this is the preferred way of emitting an error based on a condition.

Related but based on a logger:

• PRECICE_ASSERT(check) unconditionally prints the stacktrace and aborts the program. This is used to detect inconsistent internal state due to programming errors. A user should never see this. This does not require a logger.

Usage

In order to use the aforementioned logging macros, you must declare a logger.

Header stub:

#include "logging/Logger.hpp"

namespace precice {
namespace whatever {

class MyClass {

private:
  static logging::Logger _log{"whatever::MyClass"};
}

}}