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+// Copyright (c) 2011 Novell Inc.
+//
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+// a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+// "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+// without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+// distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+// permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+// the following conditions:
+// 
+// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+// included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+// 
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+// EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+// MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+// NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
+// LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+// OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+// WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+
+using System;
+
+namespace GtkSharp.Generation {
+
+	public class LogWriter {
+		
+		string type;
+		string member;
+
+		public LogWriter () {}
+
+		public LogWriter (string type)
+		{
+			this.type = type;
+		}
+
+		public string Member {
+			get { return member; }
+			set { member = value; }
+		}
+
+		public string Type {
+			get { return type; }
+			set { type = value; }
+		}
+
+		public void Warn (string format, params object[] args)
+		{
+			Warn (String.Format (format, args));
+		}
+
+		public void Warn (string warning)
+		{
+			Console.WriteLine ("{0}{1} - {2}", Type, String.IsNullOrEmpty (Member) ? String.Empty : "." + Member, warning);
+		}
+	}
+}
+