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+/*
+   Copyright 2017 the original author or authors.
+
+   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.
+*/
+
+package settings
+
+var debug bool
+var debugMap = make(map[string]bool)
+
+func SetDebug(on bool) {
+	debug = on
+}
+
+func SetDeviceDebug(deviceId string, on bool) {
+	debugMap[deviceId] = on
+}
+func GetDebug(deviceId string) bool {
+	/*
+		if debug {
+			return true
+		}
+		return getDeviceDebug(deviceId)
+	*/
+	return debug
+}
+func getDeviceDebug(deviceId string) bool {
+	//will return false if nothing has been added for that device
+	return debugMap[deviceId]
+}