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+package org.jivesoftware.smack.debugger;
+
+import org.jivesoftware.smack.PacketListener;
+import org.jivesoftware.smack.XMPPConnection;
+import org.jivesoftware.smack.packet.Packet;
+import org.jivesoftware.smack.util.*;
+
+import java.io.Reader;
+import java.io.Writer;
+
+/**
+ * Very simple debugger that prints to the console (stdout) the sent and received stanzas. Use
+ * this debugger with caution since printing to the console is an expensive operation that may
+ * even block the thread since only one thread may print at a time.<p>
+ *
+ * It is possible to not only print the raw sent and received stanzas but also the interpreted
+ * packets by Smack. By default interpreted packets won't be printed. To enable this feature
+ * just change the <tt>printInterpreted</tt> static variable to <tt>true</tt>.
+ *
+ * @author Gaston Dombiak
+ */
+public class ConsoleDebugger implements SmackDebugger {
+
+    public static boolean printInterpreted = false;
+
+    private XMPPConnection connection = null;
+
+    private PacketListener listener = null;
+
+    private Writer writer;
+    private Reader reader;
+    private ReaderListener readerListener;
+    private WriterListener writerListener;
+
+    public ConsoleDebugger(XMPPConnection connection, Writer writer, Reader reader) {
+        this.connection = connection;
+        this.writer = writer;
+        this.reader = reader;
+        createDebug();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates the listeners that will print in the console when new activity is detected.
+     */
+    private void createDebug() {
+        // Create a special Reader that wraps the main Reader and logs data to the GUI.
+        ObservableReader debugReader = new ObservableReader(reader);
+        readerListener = new ReaderListener() {
+                    public void read(String str) {
+                        System.out.println("RCV (" + connection.hashCode() + "): " + str);
+                    }
+                };
+        debugReader.addReaderListener(readerListener);
+
+        // Create a special Writer that wraps the main Writer and logs data to the GUI.
+        ObservableWriter debugWriter = new ObservableWriter(writer);
+        writerListener = new WriterListener() {
+                    public void write(String str) {
+                        System.out.println("SENT (" + connection.hashCode() + "): " + str);
+                    }
+                };
+        debugWriter.addWriterListener(writerListener);
+
+        // Assign the reader/writer objects to use the debug versions. The packet reader
+        // and writer will use the debug versions when they are created.
+        reader = debugReader;
+        writer = debugWriter;
+
+        // Create a thread that will listen for all incoming packets and write them to
+        // the GUI. This is what we call "interpreted" packet data, since it's the packet
+        // data as Smack sees it and not as it's coming in as raw XML.
+        listener = new PacketListener() {
+            public void processPacket(Packet packet) {
+                if (printInterpreted) {
+                    System.out.println("RCV PKT (" + connection.hashCode() + "): " + packet.toXML());
+                }
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    public void userHasLogged(String user) {
+        boolean isAnonymous = "".equals(StringUtils.parseName(user));
+        String title =
+            "User logged (" + connection.hashCode() + "): "
+                + (isAnonymous ? "" : StringUtils.parseBareAddress(user))
+                + "@"
+                + connection.getHost()
+                + ":"
+                + connection.getPort();
+        title += "/" + StringUtils.parseResource(user);
+        System.out.println(title);
+    }
+
+    public Reader getReader() {
+        return reader;
+    }
+
+    public Writer getWriter() {
+        return writer;
+    }
+
+    public PacketListener getReaderListener() {
+        return listener;
+    }
+
+    public PacketListener getWriterListener() {
+        return null;
+    }
+}