From 94145fb4c7ebae1d604a1c71dd154ff4c08e5542 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: brent s <bts@square-r00t.net>
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2022 13:34:24 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add NullLogger to MultiLogger.

---
 logging/funcs_multilogger_mgr.go | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/logging/funcs_multilogger_mgr.go b/logging/funcs_multilogger_mgr.go
index dfdc5bf..1c26870 100644
--- a/logging/funcs_multilogger_mgr.go
+++ b/logging/funcs_multilogger_mgr.go
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 package logging
 
 import (
-	`path`
+	"path"
 
-	`github.com/google/uuid`
-	`r00t2.io/sysutils/paths`
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+	"r00t2.io/sysutils/paths"
 )
 
 /*
@@ -145,6 +145,40 @@ func (m *MultiLogger) AddFileLogger(identifier string, logFlags int, logfilePath
 	return
 }
 
+/*
+	AddNullLogger adds a NullLogger to a MultiLogger.
+
+	identifier is a string to use to identify the added NullLogger in MultiLogger.Loggers.
+	If empty, one will be automatically generated.
+*/
+func (m *MultiLogger) AddNullLogger(identifier string) (err error) {
+
+	var exists bool
+	var prefix string
+
+	if identifier == "" {
+		identifier = uuid.New().String()
+	}
+
+	if _, exists = m.Loggers[identifier]; exists {
+		err = ErrExistingLogger
+		return
+	}
+
+	m.Loggers[identifier] = &NullLogger{}
+	if err = m.Loggers[identifier].Setup(); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if prefix, err = m.Loggers[identifier].GetPrefix(); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	m.Loggers[identifier].Debug("logger initialized of type %T with prefix %v", m.Loggers[identifier], prefix)
+
+	return
+}
+
 // RemoveLogger will let you remove a Logger from MultiLogger.Loggers.
 func (m *MultiLogger) RemoveLogger(identifier string) (err error) {