add colorful logging

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.12)
 project(Microservice)
 # version stuff
 set (Microservice_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
-set (Microservice_VERSION_MINOR 3)
+set (Microservice_VERSION_MINOR 4)
 set (Microservice_VERSION_PATCH 0)
 set(Microservice_VERSION_STRING ${Microservice_VERSION_MAJOR}.${Microservice_VERSION_MINOR}.${Microservice_VERSION_PATCH})
 

README.md

 ## C++ Microservice Framework
 
 ## VERSIONS:
+# 1.4.0
+- Add colorful logging
 # 1.3.0
 - Async Rest Client/Server using ZMQ
 - Add gethrtime in CommonUtils to get timestamp (nanoseconds , not for datetime)

doc/todo.txt

 - memory leak on performance testing of SendZmqRestRequests
 - upon receiving the response , forward it to a new task to be carried by another thread
+- catch http exception when callback url is down
\ No newline at end of file

src/impl/Microservices_ILoggerLog4cppImpl.cpp

@@ -21,10 +21,64 @@
 #include <log4cpp/PatternLayout.hh>
 
 thread_local char ba_LogBuffer[nsMicroservice_Constants::MAX_LOGEER_BUFF_LENGTH];
+#define RST  "\x1B[0m"
+#define KRED  "\x1B[31m"
+#define KGRN  "\x1B[32m"
+#define KYEL  "\x1B[33m"
+#define KBLU  "\x1B[34m"
+#define KMAG  "\x1B[35m"
+#define KCYN  "\x1B[36m"
+#define KWHT  "\x1B[37m"
+
+#define FRED(x) KRED x RST
+#define FGRN(x) KGRN x RST
+#define FYEL(x) KYEL x RST
+#define FBLU(x) KBLU x RST
+#define FMAG(x) KMAG x RST
+#define FCYN(x) KCYN x RST
+#define FWHT(x) KWHT x RST
+
+#define BOLD(x) "\x1B[1m" x RST
+#define UNDL(x) "\x1B[4m" x RST
 
 #define MAKE_MESSAGE {int len; va_list ap; va_start( ap , stringFormat );\
  len = ( vsnprintf(ba_LogBuffer, nsMicroservice_Constants::MAX_LOGEER_BUFF_LENGTH, stringFormat, ap ) ); va_end(ap);}
 
+
+/**
+ * class for output to console in colors....yeah
+ */
+class cMicroservices_ILoggerLog4cppImpl::ColorOstreamAppender : public log4cpp::OstreamAppender {
+public:
+    ColorOstreamAppender(const std::string &name, std::ostream *stream) : OstreamAppender(name, stream) {}
+
+protected:
+    void _append(const log4cpp::LoggingEvent &event) override {
+        switch (event.priority){
+            case log4cpp::Priority::ALERT:
+            case log4cpp::Priority::ERROR:
+            case log4cpp::Priority::CRIT:
+            case log4cpp::Priority::FATAL:
+                (*_stream) << KRED << _getLayout().format(event) << RST;
+                break;
+            case log4cpp::Priority::INFO:
+                (*_stream) << KBLU << _getLayout().format(event) << RST;
+                break;
+            case log4cpp::Priority::NOTICE:
+                (*_stream) << KGRN << _getLayout().format(event) << RST;
+                break;
+            case log4cpp::Priority::WARN:
+                (*_stream) << KYEL << _getLayout().format(event) << RST;
+                break;
+            case log4cpp::Priority::DEBUG:
+                (*_stream) << KWHT << _getLayout().format(event) << RST;
+                break;
+
+        }
+    }
+
+};
+
 /**
  * 
  * @param name
@@ -37,7 +91,7 @@ void cMicroservices_ILoggerLog4cppImpl::initDefaultLogger(const char* name){
     char* logToConsole = getenv("log4cpp.console");
     if(logToConsole)
     {
-        consuleAappender = new log4cpp::OstreamAppender("console", &std::cout);
+        consuleAappender = new ColorOstreamAppender("console", &std::cout);//log4cpp::OstreamAppender("console", &std::cout);
         log4cpp::PatternLayout *consoleLayout = new log4cpp::PatternLayout();
         consoleLayout->setConversionPattern(layoutPattern);
         consuleAappender->setLayout(consoleLayout);

src/impl/Microservices_ILoggerLog4cppImpl.h

@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
 
 class cMicroservices_ILoggerLog4cppImpl: public nsMicroservice_Iface::ILogger 
 {
+public:
+    class ColorOstreamAppender;
+
 private:
     log4cpp::Category* mpc_Logger;