import sys
import time

try:
    import socket
except:
    print "No Sockets"
    
class Logger:
    """
    Simple logger.
    Tries to use a socket which connects to localhost port 4444 by default.
    If that fails then it logs to a file
    """
    def __init__(self):
        try:
            self.socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
        except:
            print "Couldn't create socket"
            self.socket = None
            
        self.connected = 0
        
        if self.socket:
            try:
                self.socket.connect(("localhost", 4444))
                self.connected = 1
            except:
                print "Couldn't connect socket"
                

        self.errorLog = open("C:\\stderr.txt", "w")
        self.errorLog.write("Starting Error Log")
        sys.stderr = self
                

    def log(self,msg):
        if self.connected:
            self.send(msg + '\n')
        else:
            print(msg)
        
    def send(self,msg):
        if self.connected:
            self.socket.send(msg + "\n")
    
    def close(self):
        if self.connected:
            self.socket.send("Closing..")
            self.socket.close()
            
        self.errorLog.close()
            
    def write(self, msg):
        self.errorLog.write(msg)
        self.send("STDERR: " + msg)