Add NullLogger to MultiLogger.

For when you need a Logger but don't want one. ;)

bitmask/bitmask.go

@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 package bitmask
 
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"errors"
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"math/bits"
+)
+
 // MaskBit is a flag container.
 type MaskBit uint
 
@@ -62,6 +69,46 @@ func (m *MaskBit) ToggleFlag(flag MaskBit) {
 	return
 }
 
+/*
+	Bytes returns the current value of a MasBit as a byte slice (big-endian).
+
+	If trim is false, b will (probably) be 4 bytes long if you're on a 32-bit size system,
+	and b will (probably) be 8 bytes long if you're on a 64-bit size system. You can determine
+	the size of the resulting slice via (math/)bits.UintSize / 8.
+
+	If trim is true, it will trim leading null bytes (if any). This will lead to an unpredictable
+	byte slice length in b, but is most likely preferred for byte operations.
+
+*/
+func (m *MaskBit) Bytes(trim bool) (b []byte) {
+
+	var b2 []byte
+	var size int = bits.UintSize / 8
+	var err error
+
+	b2 = make([]byte, size)
+
+	switch s := bits.UintSize; s {
+	case 32:
+		binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(b2[:], uint32(*m))
+	case 64:
+		binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(b2[:], uint64(*m))
+	default:
+		err = errors.New("unsupported Uint/system bit size")
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	if trim {
+		b = bytes.TrimLeft(b2, "\x00")
+		return
+	} else {
+		b = b2
+		return
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
 // Value returns the current raw uint value of a MaskBit.
 func (m *MaskBit) Value() (v uint) {
 

logging/funcs_multilogger_mgr.go

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 package logging
 
 import (
-	`path`
+	"path"
 
-	`github.com/google/uuid`
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
-	`r00t2.io/sysutils/paths`
+	"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) {
 

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
+}

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 {
 	/*