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+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Johan Ouwerkerk <jm.ouwerkerk@gmail.com>
+ */
+#ifndef KEYSMITH_LOGGING_PRIVATE_H
+#define KEYSMITH_LOGGING_PRIVATE_H
+
+#include <QLoggingCategory>
+
+#define DEFAULT_LOGGER(name, category) \
+    static const QLoggingCategory &name(void) \
+    { \
+        static QLoggingCategory c(category, QtMsgType::QtInfoMsg); \
+        return c; \
+    }
+
+#define KEYSMITH_LOGGER(name, category) DEFAULT_LOGGER(name, "org.kde.keysmith" category)
+
+#endif