/*
 * Info.hpp
 *
 *  Created on: Nov 25, 2009
 *      Author: heber
 */

#ifndef INFO_HPP_
#define INFO_HPP_

// include config.h
#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
#include <config.h>
#endif

#include <string>

class Chronos;
class InfoTest;

/*********************************************** includes ***********************************/

/****************************************** forward declarations *****************************/

/********************************************** definitions *********************************/

class Info {
  //!> unit tests needs access to some internals
  friend class InfoTest;
public :
  static int verbosity;
  const std::string FunctionName;

  Info(const char *msg);
  ~Info();
  static void setVerbosity(int verbosityLevel);

private:
  static class Chronos * timekeeper;
  static bool ChronosBlocker;
  static size_t NumberInfos;
};

// create some debug macro for wrapping Info
#ifndef NDEBUG
#define DEBUG_FUNCTION_ENTRYEXIT \
  Info info(__FUNCTION__);
#else
#define DEBUG_FUNCTION_ENTRYEXIT
#endif

#endif /* INFO_HPP_ */