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+#
+# Author:: Cary Penniman (<cary@rightscale.com>)
+# Author:: Tyler Cloke (<tyler@opscode.com>)
+# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2008 Opscode, Inc.
+# License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+class Chef
+  class Resource
+    class Log < Chef::Resource
+    
+      identity_attr :message
+
+      # Sends a string from a recipe to a log provider
+      #
+      # log "some string to log" do
+      #   level :info  # (default)  also supports :warn, :debug, and :error
+      # end
+      #    
+      # === Example
+      # log "your string to log" 
+      #
+      # or 
+      #
+      # log "a debug string" { level :debug }
+      #
+  
+      # Initialize log resource with a name as the string to log 
+      #
+      # === Parameters
+      # name<String>:: Message to log
+      # collection<Array>:: Collection of included recipes
+      # node<Chef::Node>:: Node where resource will be used
+      def initialize(name, run_context=nil)
+        super
+        @resource_name = :log
+        @level = :info
+        @action = :write
+        @message = name
+      end
+
+      def message(arg=nil)
+        set_or_return(
+          :message,
+          arg,
+          :kind_of => String
+        )
+      end
+      
+      # <Symbol> Log level, one of :debug, :info, :warn, :error or :fatal
+      def level(arg=nil)
+        set_or_return(
+          :level,
+          arg,
+          :equal_to => [ :debug, :info, :warn, :error, :fatal ]
+        )
+      end
+    
+    end
+  end  
+end
+
+