Alter logging semantics for VPP PAPI object

[vpp.git] / src / vpp-api / python / vpp_papi.py

diff --git a/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi.py b/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi.py
index 7305ef3..ece0e4e 100644 (file)
--- a/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi.py
+++ b/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class VPP():
     these messages in a background thread.
     """
     def __init__(self, apifiles=None, testmode=False, async_thread=True,
     these messages in a background thread.
     """
     def __init__(self, apifiles=None, testmode=False, async_thread=True,

-                 logger=logging.getLogger('vpp_papi'), loglevel='debug',
+                 logger=None, loglevel=None,

                  read_timeout=0):
         """Create a VPP API object.
 
                  read_timeout=0):
         """Create a VPP API object.
 


@@ -125,11 +125,20 @@ class VPP():
         dynamically created reflecting these APIs.  If not
         provided this will load the API files from VPP's
         default install location.
         dynamically created reflecting these APIs.  If not
         provided this will load the API files from VPP's
         default install location.

+
+        logger, if supplied, is the logging logger object to log to.
+        loglevel, if supplied, is the log level this logger is set
+        to report at (from the loglevels in the logging module).

         """
         global vpp_object
         vpp_object = self
         """
         global vpp_object
         vpp_object = self

+
+        if logger is None:
+            logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+            if loglevel is not None:
+                logger.setLevel(loglevel)
+

         self.logger = logger
         self.logger = logger

-        logging.basicConfig(level=getattr(logging, loglevel.upper()))

 
         self.messages = {}
         self.id_names = []
 
         self.messages = {}
         self.id_names = []