This code defines a simple logging package in Go, suitable...
August 31, 2025 at 02:09 AM
This code defines a simple logging package in Go, suitable for structured log messages at different logging levels: Debug, Info, Warn, and Error. Here's an explanation of what it does:
-
Package Declaration:
- The package is named
logger
.
- The package is named
-
Imports:
- It imports the necessary standard library packages:
context
: For passing contextual information (though only partially used here).log
: For creating loggers to write logging messages.os
: To get access to standard output (os.Stdout
).
- It imports the necessary standard library packages:
-
Logger Struct:
- The
Logger
type is a struct that holds four*log.Logger
instances, each for a specific logging level:debug
info
warn
error
- The
-
NewLogger Function:
- This is a constructor function that initializes and returns a new instance of the
Logger
struct. - Each logger (
debug
,info
,warn
,error
) is configured to:- Log messages to standard output (
os.Stdout
). - Use a specific log prefix (
"DEBUG: "
,"INFO: "
, etc.). - Use default log flags (
log.LstdFlags
) to include timestamps.
- Log messages to standard output (
- This is a constructor function that initializes and returns a new instance of the
-
Logging Methods:
- The
Logger
struct provides methods for logging at different levels:- Debug: Logs messages at the "Debug" level. It accepts a
context.Context
(though not used here) and a variadic list ofinterface{}
arguments, which it prints usingl.debug.Println
. - Info: Similar to Debug, but logs at the "Info" level using
l.info.Println
. - Warn: Logs a "Warn" level message using
l.warn.Println
. It doesn't use thecontext
. - Error: Logs an "Error" level message using
l.error.Println
. It also doesn't use thecontext
.
- Debug: Logs messages at the "Debug" level. It accepts a
- The
Key Takeaways:
- This code implements a basic logging abstraction with four levels of logs: Debug, Info, Warn, and Error.
- Each log is prefixed with its level name and includes timestamps, helping organize log outputs.
- The
context.Context
parameter is passed to theDebug
andInfo
methods but is currently unused. - The log messages are all written to
os.Stdout
.
This logger could be used in an application to consistently format log messages for easy debugging and monitoring.
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