common.py

import logging

def set_attr_from_dict(obj, dictionary):
    """set object attribute k = v from a dictionary's k, v for all dict items"""
    for k,v in dictionary.items():
        setattr(obj, k, v)

def get_module_logger(modulename = 'experiment', loglevel = logging.INFO):
    if modulename.startswith('smp_graphs'):
        modulename = '.'.join(modulename.split('.')[1:])
        # print "get_module_logger: modulename = %s" % (modulename, )
    
    # create logger
    logger = logging.getLogger(modulename)
    logger.setLevel(loglevel)

    # create console handler and set level to debug
    ch = logging.StreamHandler()
    ch.setLevel(loglevel)

    # create formatter
    # formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')
    formatter = logging.Formatter('%(levelname)8s: %(name)20s: %(message)s')
    # formatter = logging.Formatter('{levelname:8}s: %(name)20s: %(message)s')
    # formatter = logging.Formatter('%(name)s: %(levelname)s: %(message)s')

    # add formatter to ch
    ch.setFormatter(formatter)

    # add ch to logger
    logger.addHandler(ch)

    # suppress double log output 
    logger.propagate = False
    return logger