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+/**
+ * libtransport -- C++ library for easy XMPP Transports development
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2011, Jan Kaluza <hanzz.k@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02111-1301  USA
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <vector>
+#include <string>
+#include <iostream>
+
+#ifdef WITH_LOG4CXX
+#include "log4cxx/logger.h"
+#include "log4cxx/consoleappender.h"
+#include "log4cxx/patternlayout.h"
+#include "log4cxx/propertyconfigurator.h"
+#include "log4cxx/helpers/properties.h"
+#include "log4cxx/helpers/fileinputstream.h"
+#include "log4cxx/helpers/transcoder.h"
+#include "log4cxx/logger.h"
+#include "log4cxx/logmanager.h"
+
+#define DEFINE_LOGGER(VAR, NAME) static log4cxx::LoggerPtr VAR = log4cxx::Logger::getLogger(NAME);
+
+using namespace log4cxx;
+#else
+#define DEFINE_LOGGER(VARIABLE, NAME) static const char *VARIABLE = NAME;
+
+#define LOG4CXX_ERROR(LOGGER, DATA) std::cerr << "E: <" << LOGGER << "> " << DATA << "\n";
+#define LOG4CXX_WARN(LOGGER, DATA) std::cout << "W: <" << LOGGER << "> " << DATA << "\n";
+#define LOG4CXX_INFO(LOGGER, DATA) std::cout << "I: <" << LOGGER << "> " << DATA << "\n";
+#endif
+
+namespace Transport {
+
+class Config;
+
+namespace Logging {
+
+void initBackendLogging(Config *config);
+void initMainLogging(Config *config);
+void shutdownLogging();
+
+}
+
+}