diff --git a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/util/Log.java b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/util/Log.java
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index 00000000..45fa8204
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/util/Log.java
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+//
+// $Id: Log.java,v 1.1 2000/12/06 00:24:46 mdb Exp $
+
+package com.samskivert.util;
+
+/**
+ * The log services provide debug, info and warning message logging
+ * capabilities for a set of modules. These log services are designed to
+ * provide the basic functionality needed by the samskivert codebase. It
+ * is expected that the <code>LogProvider</code> interface will be used to
+ * map these log services onto whatever more general purpose logging
+ * framework is in use by the user of the samskivert codebase.
+ */
+public final class Log
+{
+    /** Log level constant for debug entries. */
+    public static final int DEBUG = 0;
+
+    /** Log level constant for info entries. */
+    public static final int INFO = 0;
+
+    /** Log level constant for warning entries. */
+    public static final int WARNING = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a new log object with the supplied module name.
+     */
+    public Log (String moduleName)
+    {
+	_moduleName = moduleName;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Logs the specified message at the debug level if such messages are
+     * enabled.
+     */
+    public void debug (String message)
+    {
+	_provider.log(DEBUG, _moduleName, message);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Logs the specified message at the info level if such messages are
+     * enabled.
+     */
+    public void info (String message)
+    {
+	_provider.log(INFO, _moduleName, message);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Logs the specified message at the warning level if such messages
+     * are enabled.
+     */
+    public void warning (String message)
+    {
+	_provider.log(WARNING, _moduleName, message);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the log level of the specified module to the specified
+     * value. The log level indicates which messages are logged and which
+     * are not. For example, if the level was set to warning, then only
+     * warning and error messages would be logged because info and debug
+     * messages have a 'lower' log level.
+     *
+     * <p/> Note: the log provider implementation may choose to propagate
+     * the supplied level to all modules that are contained by this module
+     * in the module hierarchy. For example, setting the "swing.util"
+     * module to debug could also set the "swing.util.TaskMaster" level to
+     * debug because it is contained by the specified module.
+     */
+    public static void setLevel (String moduleName, int level)
+    {
+	_provider.setLevel(moduleName, level);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the log level for all modules to the specified level.
+     */
+    public static void setLevel (int level)
+    {
+	_provider.setLevel(level);
+    }
+
+    public static void setLogProvider (LogProvider provider)
+    {
+	_provider = provider;
+    }
+
+    protected String _moduleName;
+
+    protected static LogProvider _provider;
+}
diff --git a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/util/LogProvider.java b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/util/LogProvider.java
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index 00000000..d9a33906
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+++ b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/util/LogProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+//
+// $Id: LogProvider.java,v 1.1 2000/12/06 00:24:46 mdb Exp $
+
+package com.samskivert.util;
+
+/**
+ * The log provider interface allows the simple logging services provided
+ * to the samskivert codebase to be mapped onto an actual logging
+ * framework.
+ */
+public interface LogProvider
+{
+    /**
+     * Log a message at the specified level for the specified module, if
+     * messages are enabled for that particular combination.
+     */
+    public void log (int level, String moduleName, String message);
+
+    /**
+     * Set the log level for the specified module to the specified
+     * level. The log services assume that all messages at or higher than
+     * the specified level will be logged.
+     */
+    public void setLevel (String moduleName, int level);
+
+    /**
+     * Set the log level for all modules to the specified level. The log
+     * services assume that all messages at or higher than the specified
+     * level will be logged.
+     */
+    public void setLevel (int level);
+}
diff --git a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/util/Makefile b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/util/Makefile
index d113faf1..e4e8fcb4 100644
--- a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/util/Makefile
+++ b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/util/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 #
-# $Id: Makefile,v 1.2 2000/10/31 00:48:13 mdb Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile,v 1.3 2000/12/06 00:24:46 mdb Exp $
 
 ROOT = ../../..
 
 SRCS = \
+	Log.java \
+	LogProvider.java \
 	PropertiesUtil.java \
 	StringUtil.java \