Debugger.jsx

/**
 * see also https://gist.github.com/4278820
 *
 * This is a debugger class for creating files with infos about stuff
 * @param {Boolean} dbg if true the debugger will be writeHeadalized
 * @param {String} title the title in the debuginfo file
 * @param {Stirng} message An alert message can be set via DEebugger.message = "something"
 *
 *
 * // make a new Debugger
 * var deeBug = new Debugger(true,"MyScript.jsx version 0.1.2","This is a debug version");
 *
 * // alert the message
 * deeBug.message();
 *
 * // add a line to the file
 * deeBug.addLineToInfo("This is a line in the file" + something);
 *
 * // create the file always on the desktop right now alwas with the name
 * // "debuginfo" can be set via deeBug.filename = "myfile" no extension will be .txt
 * // he will try to execute the file in the std editor
 *
 * deeBug.write_infos();
 *
 *
 */

function Debugger(dbg, title, message, fn) {
  this.DEBUG = dbg;
  this.filename = fn;
  this.filepath = "~/Desktop/" + this.filename + ".txt";
  this.debugstrings = [title];
  this.messageString = message;
  this.write_head = function() {
    this.debugstrings.push(this.messageString);
    this.debugstrings.push(this.filename);
  };

  this.addLineToInfo = function(line) {
    if (this.DEBUG == true) {
      this.debugstrings.push(line);
    }
  };

  this.message = function() {
    if (this.DEBUG == true) {
      alert(title + "\n" + this.messageString);
    }
  };

  this.write_infos = function() {
    if (this.DEBUG == true) {
      // get the textfile
      var write_file = File(this.filepath);

      if (!write_file.exists) {
        // if the file does not exist create one
        write_file = new File(this.filepath);
      } else {
        // if it exsists ask the user if it should be overwritten
        var res = confirm(
          "The file already exists. Should I overwrite it",
          true,
          "titleWINonly"
        );
        // if the user hits no stop the script
        if (res != true) {
          return;
        }
      }

      var out; // our output
      // we know already that the file exist
      // but to be shure
      if (write_file != "") {
        //Open the file for writing.
        out = write_file.open("w", undefined, undefined);
        write_file.encoding = "UTF-8";
        write_file.lineFeed = "Unix"; //convert to UNIX lineFeed
        // txtFile.lineFeed = "Windows";
        // txtFile.lineFeed = "Macintosh";
      }
      // got an output?
      if (out != false) {
        // loop the list and write each item to the file
        write_file.writeln(this.debugstrings.join("\n"));
        // allways close files!
        write_file.close();
        write_file.execute();
      }
    }
  };
}