bundles/org.eclipse.jface.databinding/src/org/eclipse/jface/databinding/util/Policy.java

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 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
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 *
 * Contributors:
 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
 *     Chris Gross (schtoo@schtoo.com) - support for ILogger added
 *       (bug 49497 [RCP] JFace dependency on org.eclipse.core.runtime enlarges standalone JFace applications)
 *******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.jface.databinding.util;

import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IStatus;

/**
 * The Policy class handles settings for behaviour, debug flags and logging
 * within JFace Data Binding.
 * 
 * @since 1.1
 */
public class Policy {

	/**
	 * Constant for the the default setting for debug options.
	 */
	public static final boolean DEFAULT = false;

	/**
	 * The unique identifier of the JFace plug-in.
	 */
	public static final String JFACE_DATABINDING = "org.eclipse.jface.databinding";//$NON-NLS-1$

	private static ILogger log;

	/**
	 * Returns the dummy log to use if none has been set
	 */
	private static ILogger getDummyLog() {
		return new ILogger() {
			public void log(IStatus status) {
				System.err.println(status.getMessage());
			}
		};
	}

	/**
	 * Sets the logger used by JFace Data Binding to log errors.
	 * 
	 * @param logger
	 *            the logger to use, or <code>null</code> to use the default
	 *            logger
	 */
	public static void setLog(ILogger logger) {
		log = logger;
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the logger used by JFace Data Binding to log errors.
	 * <p>
	 * The default logger prints the status to <code>System.err</code>.
	 * </p>
	 * 
	 * @return the logger
	 */
	public static ILogger getLog() {
		if (log == null) {
			log = getDummyLog();
		}
		return log;
	}

}