note
	description: "Shared instance of logger, classic version only provides dummy implementation for now"
	legal: "See notice at end of class."
	status: "See notice at end of class."
	date: "$Date$"
	revision: "$Revision$"

class
	SHARED_LOGGER

feature -- Access

	Log_source: STRING = "Eiffel Metadata Consumer"
			-- Windows event log source

	Log_name: STRING = "Application"
			-- Name of log where to log events

feature -- Status Report

	source_ready: BOOLEAN
			-- Is log source initialized?
		do
		end

feature -- Basic Operations

	log_last_exception
			-- Log last exception to Windows event log.
		require
			source_ready: source_ready
		do
		end

	log_message (a_message: STRING)
			-- Log `a_message' to Windows event log.
		require
			source_ready: source_ready
			attached_message: a_message /= Void
		do
		end

	create_source
			-- Create event source if not already created.
		do
		end

note
	copyright:	"Copyright (c) 1984-2006, Eiffel Software"
	license:	"GPL version 2 (see http://www.eiffel.com/licensing/gpl.txt)"
	licensing_options:	"http://www.eiffel.com/licensing"
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end -- class SHARED_LOGGER