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+/*
+ * Copyright 2011 Daniel Drown
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * logging.c - print a log message
+ */
+
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <android/log.h>
+
+#include "logging.h"
+#include "debug.h"
+
+/* function: logmsg
+ * prints a log message to android's log buffer
+ * prio - the log message priority
+ * fmt  - printf format specifier
+ * ...  - printf format arguments
+ */
+void logmsg(int prio, const char *fmt, ...) {
+  va_list ap;
+
+  va_start(ap, fmt);
+  __android_log_vprint(prio, "clatd", fmt, ap);
+  va_end(ap);
+}
+
+/* function: logmsg_dbg
+ * prints a log message to android's log buffer if CLAT_DEBUG is set
+ * prio - the log message priority
+ * fmt  - printf format specifier
+ * ...  - printf format arguments
+ */
+void logmsg_dbg(int prio, const char *fmt, ...) {
+#if CLAT_DEBUG
+  va_list ap;
+
+  va_start(ap, fmt);
+  __android_log_vprint(prio, "clatd", fmt, ap);
+  va_end(ap);
+#endif
+}