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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
+ */
+
+#include "transport/logging.h"
+#include "transport/config.h"
+#include <boost/foreach.hpp>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <iterator>
+#include <algorithm>
+
+#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 <boost/filesystem.hpp>
+#include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
+
+#ifndef WIN32
+#include "sys/signal.h"
+#include <pwd.h>
+#include <grp.h>
+#include <sys/resource.h>
+#include "libgen.h"
+#else
+#include <windows.h>
+#endif
+
+using namespace boost::filesystem;
+using namespace log4cxx;
+
+namespace Transport {
+
+namespace Logging {
+
+static LoggerPtr root;
+
+static void initLogging(Config *config, std::string key) {
+	if (CONFIG_STRING(config, key).empty()) {
+		root = log4cxx::Logger::getRootLogger();
+#ifdef WIN32
+		root->addAppender(new ConsoleAppender(new PatternLayout(L"%d %-5p %c: %m%n")));
+#else
+		root->addAppender(new ConsoleAppender(new PatternLayout("%d %-5p %c: %m%n")));
+#endif
+	}
+	else {
+		log4cxx::helpers::Properties p;
+		log4cxx::helpers::FileInputStream *istream = new log4cxx::helpers::FileInputStream(CONFIG_STRING(config, key));
+
+		p.load(istream);
+		LogString pid, jid;
+		log4cxx::helpers::Transcoder::decode(boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(getpid()), pid);
+		log4cxx::helpers::Transcoder::decode(CONFIG_STRING(config, "service.jid"), jid);
+#ifdef WIN32
+		p.setProperty(L"pid", pid);
+		p.setProperty(L"jid", jid);
+#else
+		p.setProperty("pid", pid);
+		p.setProperty("jid", jid);
+#endif
+
+		std::string dir;
+		BOOST_FOREACH(const log4cxx::LogString &prop, p.propertyNames()) {
+			if (boost::ends_with(prop, ".File")) {
+				log4cxx::helpers::Transcoder::encode(p.get(prop), dir);
+				boost::replace_all(dir, "${jid}", jid);
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (!dir.empty()) {
+			// create directories
+			try {
+				boost::filesystem::create_directories(
+					boost::filesystem::path(dir).parent_path().string()
+				);
+			}
+			catch (...) {
+				std::cerr << "Can't create logging directory directory " << boost::filesystem::path(dir).parent_path().string() << ".\n";
+			}
+
+#ifndef WIN32
+			if (!CONFIG_STRING(config, "service.group").empty() && !CONFIG_STRING(config, "service.user").empty()) {
+				struct group *gr;
+				if ((gr = getgrnam(CONFIG_STRING(config, "service.group").c_str())) == NULL) {
+					std::cerr << "Invalid service.group name " << CONFIG_STRING(config, "service.group") << "\n";
+				}
+				struct passwd *pw;
+				if ((pw = getpwnam(CONFIG_STRING(config, "service.user").c_str())) == NULL) {
+					std::cerr << "Invalid service.user name " << CONFIG_STRING(config, "service.user") << "\n";
+				}
+				chown(dir.c_str(), pw->pw_uid, gr->gr_gid);
+			}
+
+#endif
+		}
+
+		log4cxx::PropertyConfigurator::configure(p);
+	}
+}
+
+void initBackendLogging(Config *config) {
+	initLogging(config, "logging.backend_config");
+}
+
+void initMainLogging(Config *config) {
+	initLogging(config, "logging.config");
+}
+
+}
+
+}