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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# log.py
+# Copyright (C) 2016 LEAP
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+
+"""
+This module centralizes logging facilities and allows for different behaviours,
+as using the python logging module instead of twisted logger, and to print logs
+to stdout, mainly for development purposes.
+"""
+
+
+import os
+import sys
+
+from twisted.logger import Logger
+from twisted.logger import textFileLogObserver
+
+
+def getLogger(*args, **kwargs):
+
+    if os.environ.get('SOLEDAD_USE_PYTHON_LOGGING'):
+        import logging
+        return logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+    if os.environ.get('SOLEDAD_LOG_TO_STDOUT'):
+        kwargs({'observer': textFileLogObserver(sys.stdout)})
+
+    return Logger(*args, **kwargs)
+
+
+__all__ = ['getLogger']