From 81a2d308f03e99065142afef2ffc04a3accdf39b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: brent s <bts@square-r00t.net>
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2022 13:29:31 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add NullLogger.

For when you need a Logger but don't want one. ;)
---
 logging/funcs_nulllogger.go | 66 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 logging/types.go            |  5 ++-
 2 files changed, 70 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 logging/funcs_nulllogger.go

diff --git a/logging/funcs_nulllogger.go b/logging/funcs_nulllogger.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07d5c3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logging/funcs_nulllogger.go
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package logging
+
+// Setup does nothing at all; it's here for interface compat. 🙃
+func (l *NullLogger) Setup() (err error) {
+	return
+}
+
+// DoDebug does nothing at all; it's here for interface compat. 🙃
+func (l *NullLogger) DoDebug(d bool) (err error) {
+	return
+}
+
+// SetPrefix does nothing at all; it's here for interface compat. 🙃
+func (l *NullLogger) SetPrefix(p string) (err error) {
+	return
+}
+
+// GetPrefix does nothing at all; it's here for interface compat. 🙃
+func (l *NullLogger) GetPrefix() (p string, err error) {
+	return
+}
+
+// Shutdown does nothing at all; it's here for interface compat. 🙃
+func (l *NullLogger) Shutdown() (err error) {
+	return
+}
+
+// Alert does nothing at all; it's here for interface compat. 🙃
+func (l *NullLogger) Alert(s string, v ...interface{}) (err error) {
+	return
+}
+
+// Crit does nothing at all; it's here for interface compat. 🙃
+func (l *NullLogger) Crit(s string, v ...interface{}) (err error) {
+	return
+}
+
+// Debug does nothing at all; it's here for interface compat. 🙃
+func (l *NullLogger) Debug(s string, v ...interface{}) (err error) {
+	return
+}
+
+// Emerg does nothing at all; it's here for interface compat. 🙃
+func (l *NullLogger) Emerg(s string, v ...interface{}) (err error) {
+	return
+}
+
+// Err does nothing at all; it's here for interface compat. 🙃
+func (l *NullLogger) Err(s string, v ...interface{}) (err error) {
+	return
+}
+
+// Info does nothing at all; it's here for interface compat. 🙃
+func (l *NullLogger) Info(s string, v ...interface{}) (err error) {
+	return
+}
+
+// Notice does nothing at all; it's here for interface compat. 🙃
+func (l *NullLogger) Notice(s string, v ...interface{}) (err error) {
+	return
+}
+
+// Warning does nothing at all; it's here for interface compat. 🙃
+func (l *NullLogger) Warning(s string, v ...interface{}) (err error) {
+	return
+}
diff --git a/logging/types.go b/logging/types.go
index 02da98f..eda3e92 100644
--- a/logging/types.go
+++ b/logging/types.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package logging
 
 import (
 	"log"
-	`os`
+	"os"
 )
 
 /*
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ type FileLogger struct {
 	writer *os.File
 }
 
+// NullLogger is used mainly for test implementations, mockup code, etc. It does absolutely nothing with all messages sent to it.
+type NullLogger struct{}
+
 // MultiLogger is used to contain one or more Loggers and present them all as a single Logger.
 type MultiLogger struct {
 	/*