Metacat

    /**

     * Utility method to print debugging messages. User can set debug level for

     * this message. The number is fewer, the message is more important. Can be

     * used to control if the carriage return and debugPrefix are printed

     *

     * @param msg, the content of the message

     * @param debugLevel, an integer indicating the message debug level

     * @param debugPrefix, a boolean indicating whether debugprefix

     *                    should be printed or not

     */

    public static void debugMessageDetail(String msg, int debugLevel,

                                      boolean carriageReturn,

                                      boolean debugPrefix)

    {

        if (debug) {

            int limit = 1;

            try {

                limit = Integer.parseInt(getOption("debuglevel"));

            } catch (Exception e) {

                System.out.println(e.getMessage());

            }

            //don't allow the user set debugLevel less than or equals 0

            if (debugLevel <= 0) {

                debugLevel = 1;

            }

            if (debugLevel < limit) {

                if(debugPrefix) {

                    if(carriageReturn)

                        System.err.println("@debugprefix@ " + msg);

                    else

                        System.err.print("@debugprefix@ " + msg);

                } else {

                    if(carriageReturn)

                        System.err.println(msg);

                    else

                        System.err.print(msg);

                }

            }

        }

    }