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+# Copyright (c) 2019 AT&T Intellectual Property.
+# Copyright (c) 2018-2019 Nokia.
+#
+# 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.
+
+"""Structured logging library with Mapped Diagnostic Context
+
+Outputs the log entries to standard out in structured format, json currently.
+Severity based filtering.
+Supports Mapped Diagnostic Context (MDC).
+
+Set MDC pairs are automatically added to log entries by the library.
+"""
+
+from .Logger import Logger
+from .Logger import Level
+from .Logger import Value
+
+
+_root_logger = Logger()
+
+
+def log(level: Level, message: str):
+ """Log a message."""
+ _root_logger.log(level, message)
+
+
+def error(message: str):
+ """Log an error message. Equals to log(ERROR, msg)."""
+ _root_logger.log(Level.ERROR, message)
+
+
+def warning(message: str):
+ """Log a warning message. Equals to log(WARNING, msg)."""
+ _root_logger.log(Level.WARNING, message)
+
+
+def info(message: str):
+ """Log an info message. Equals to log(INFO, msg)."""
+ _root_logger.log(Level.INFO, message)
+
+
+def debug(message: str):
+ """Log a debug message. Equals to log(DEBUG, msg)."""
+ _root_logger.log(Level.DEBUG, message)
+
+
+def set_level(level: Level):
+ """Set current logging level."""
+ _root_logger.set_level(level)
+
+
+def get_level() -> Level:
+ """Return the current logging level."""
+ return _root_logger.get_level()
+
+
+def add_mdc(key: str, value: Value):
+ """Add an MDC to the root logger."""
+ _root_logger.add_mdc(key, value)
+
+
+def get_mdc(key: str) -> Value:
+ """Return root logger's MDC with the given key or None."""
+ return _root_logger.get_mdc(key)
+
+
+def remove_mdc(key: str):
+ """Remove root logger's MDC with the given key."""
+ _root_logger.remove_mdc(key)
+
+
+def clean_mdc():
+ """Remove all MDCs from the root logger."""
+ _root_logger.clean_mdc()