--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/util/Logger.py	Thu Feb 15 17:05:05 2018 -0500
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+import os
+import sys
+import json
+import logging
+import logging.config
+
+#from util.Filters import TraceBackFormatter
+
+class Logger(object):
+    def __init__(self, tool_directory, debug="False", extra_files_path=None):
+        self.tool_directory = tool_directory
+        self.default_level = logging.INFO
+        self.debug = debug
+        self.extra_files_path = extra_files_path
+
+    def setup_logging(self):
+        """Setup logging configuration
+        reference: https://fangpenlin.com/posts/2012/08/26/good-logging-practice-in-python/
+        """
+        config_path = os.path.join(self.tool_directory, 'logging.json')
+        default_level=logging.INFO
+        if self.debug.lower() == "true":
+            default_level=logging.DEBUG
+        if os.path.exists(config_path):
+            with open(config_path, 'rt') as f:
+                config = json.load(f)
+            config["handlers"]["console"]["level"] = default_level
+            if self.extra_files_path:
+                for i in config["handlers"]:
+                    if "filename" in config["handlers"][i]:
+                        config["handlers"][i]["filename"] = os.path.join(self.extra_files_path, config["handlers"][i]["filename"])
+                logging.config.dictConfig(config)
+            else:
+                logging.warn("Extra files path is not set. The log files will exist at current working directory instead of final output folder")
+        else:
+            logging.basicConfig(level=default_level)
+            logging.warn("Cannot find logging configuration file!\n")
+