Programming

String  s = "normal";
Verbosity  log_level;
log_level = get_log_level(s);

#ifndef __VERBOSE_HH__
#define __VERBOSE_HH__

#include "string.hh"
#include "common.hh"

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

/// \brief
/// sets the verbosity level.
/// \enum Verbose List of valid verbosity levels.

enum  Verbosity {
    none   = 0,
    low    = 1,
    normal = 2,
    medium = 3,
    high   = 4,
    full   = 5,
    diag   = 6
};

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

/// \brief Sets the verbosity level defined by the user.
/// \param s String specifying the verbosity level.
/// \param vbLevel
/// \return bool Returns true if verbosity level is valid.

bool  get_log_level(
  String&  s,
  Verbosity&  log_level
) {

  if (s == String("none")) {
    log_level = none;
    return (true);

  } else if (s == String("low")) {
    log_level = low;
    return (true);

  } else if (s == String("medium")) {
    log_level = medium;
    return (true);

  } else if (s == String("high")) {
    log_level = high;
    return (true);

  } else if (s == String("full")) {
    log_level = full;
    return (true);

  } else if (s == String("diag")) {
    log_level = diag;
    return (true);

  } else {
    return (false);

  }

}

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Verbosity&  get_log_level(
  String&  s
) {

  if (s == String("none")) {
//    log_level = none;
    return (none);

  } else if (s == String("low")) {
//    log_level = low;
    return (low);

  } else if (s == String("medium")) {
//    log_level = medium;
    return (medium);

  } else if (s == String("high")) {
//    log_level = high;
    return (high);

  } else if (s == String("full")) {
//    log_level = full;
    return (full);

  } else if (s == String("diag")) {
//    log_level = diag;
    return (diag);

  } else {
    return (normal);

  }

}

#endif