Tooltron

import sys

import logging

from django.conf import settings

# Create a dummy handler to use for now.

class NullHandler(logging.Handler):

    def emit(self, record):

        pass

def get_logger():

    "Attach a file handler to the logger if there isn't one already."

    debug_on = getattr(settings, "SOUTH_LOGGING_ON", False)

    logging_file = getattr(settings, "SOUTH_LOGGING_FILE", False)

    if debug_on:

        if logging_file:

            if len(_logger.handlers) < 2:

                _logger.addHandler(logging.FileHandler(logging_file))

                _logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)

        else:

            raise IOError, "SOUTH_LOGGING_ON is True. You also need a SOUTH_LOGGING_FILE setting."

    return _logger

def close_logger():

    "Closes the logger handler for the file, so we can remove the file after a test."

    for handler in _logger.handlers:

        _logger.removeHandler(handler)

        if isinstance(handler, logging.FileHandler):

            handler.close()

def init_logger():

    "Initialize the south logger"

    logger = logging.getLogger("south")

    logger.addHandler(NullHandler())

    return logger

_logger = init_logger()