Add critical severity level between fatal and error

Author: rbx

README.md

@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ where severity level is one of the following:
 "important",
 "alarm",
 "error",
+"critical",
 "fatal",
 ```
 

logger/Logger.cxx

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /********************************************************************************
- * Copyright (C) 2014-2019 GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH  *
+ * Copyright (C) 2014-2025 GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH  *
  *                                                                              *
  *              This software is distributed under the terms of the             *
  *              GNU Lesser General Public Licence (LGPL) version 3,             *
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ const unordered_map<string_view, Severity> Logger::fSeverityMap =
     { {"NOLOG"},     Severity::nolog     },
     { {"fatal"},     Severity::fatal     },
     { {"FATAL"},     Severity::fatal     },
+    { {"critical"},  Severity::critical  },
     { {"error"},     Severity::error     },
     { {"ERROR"},     Severity::error     },
     { {"alarm"},     Severity::alarm     },
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ const unordered_map<string_view, Severity> Logger::fSeverityMap =
     { {"TRACE"},     Severity::trace     }
 };
 
-const array<string_view, 15> Logger::fSeverityNames =
+const array<string_view, 16> Logger::fSeverityNames =
 {
     {
         "NOLOG",
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ const array<string_view, 15> Logger::fSeverityNames =
         "IMPORTANT",
         "ALARM",
         "ERROR",
+        "CRITICAL",
         "FATAL"
     }
 };
@@ -289,6 +291,7 @@ string Logger::GetColoredSeverityString(Severity severity)
     switch (severity) {
         case Severity::nolog:     return "\033[01;39mNOLOG\033[0m";     break;
         case Severity::fatal:     return "\033[01;31mFATAL\033[0m";     break;
+        case Severity::critical:  return "\033[01;31mCRITICAL\033[0m";  break;
         case Severity::error:     return "\033[01;31mERROR\033[0m";     break;
         case Severity::alarm:     return "\033[01;33mALARM\033[0m";     break;
         case Severity::important: return "\033[01;32mIMPORTANT\033[0m"; break;

logger/Logger.h

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /********************************************************************************
- * Copyright (C) 2014-2019 GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH  *
+ * Copyright (C) 2014-2025 GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH  *
  *                                                                              *
  *              This software is distributed under the terms of the             *
  *              GNU Lesser General Public Licence (LGPL) version 3,             *
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ enum class Severity : int
     important = 11,
     alarm = 12,
     error = 13,
-    fatal = 14,
+    critical = 14,
+    fatal = 15,
     // aliases
     warning = warn,
     // backwards-compatibility
@@ -325,7 +326,7 @@ class Logger
 
     static const std::unordered_map<std::string_view, Verbosity> fVerbosityMap;
     static const std::unordered_map<std::string_view, Severity> fSeverityMap;
-    static const std::array<std::string_view, 15> fSeverityNames;
+    static const std::array<std::string_view, 16> fSeverityNames;
     static const std::array<std::string_view, 9> fVerbosityNames;
 
     // protection for use after static destruction took place

test/cycle.cxx

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /********************************************************************************
- * Copyright (C) 2015-2020 GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH  *
+ * Copyright (C) 2015-2025 GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH  *
  *                                                                              *
  *              This software is distributed under the terms of the             *
  *              GNU Lesser General Public Licence (LGPL) version 3,             *
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ int main()
         Logger::SetConsoleSeverity(Severity::fatal);
         cout << "initial severity >" << Logger::GetConsoleSeverity() << "<" << endl << endl;
 
-        array<Severity, 15> severitiesUp{{ Severity::nolog, Severity::trace, Severity::debug4, Severity::debug3, Severity::debug2, Severity::debug1, Severity::debug, Severity::detail, Severity::info, Severity::state, Severity::warn, Severity::important, Severity::alarm, Severity::error, Severity::fatal }};
+        array<Severity, 16> severitiesUp{{ Severity::nolog, Severity::trace, Severity::debug4, Severity::debug3, Severity::debug2, Severity::debug1, Severity::debug, Severity::detail, Severity::info, Severity::state, Severity::warn, Severity::important, Severity::alarm, Severity::error, Severity::critical, Severity::fatal }};
 #ifdef FAIR_MIN_SEVERITY
         for (unsigned int i = static_cast<int>(Severity::FAIR_MIN_SEVERITY); i < severitiesUp.size(); ++i) {
 #else
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ int main()
         Logger::SetConsoleSeverity(Severity::fatal);
         cout << "initial severity >" << Logger::GetConsoleSeverity() << "<" << endl << endl;
 
-        array<Severity, 15> severitiesDown{{ Severity::error, Severity::alarm, Severity::important, Severity::warn, Severity::state, Severity::info, Severity::detail, Severity::debug, Severity::debug1, Severity::debug2, Severity::debug3, Severity::debug4, Severity::trace, Severity::nolog, Severity::fatal }};
+        array<Severity, 16> severitiesDown{{ Severity::critical, Severity::error, Severity::alarm, Severity::important, Severity::warn, Severity::state, Severity::info, Severity::detail, Severity::debug, Severity::debug1, Severity::debug2, Severity::debug3, Severity::debug4, Severity::trace, Severity::nolog, Severity::fatal }};
 #ifdef FAIR_MIN_SEVERITY
         for (unsigned int i = 0; i < severitiesDown.size() - static_cast<int>(Severity::FAIR_MIN_SEVERITY) - 1; ++i) {
 #else

test/logger.cxx

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ void printEverySeverity()
     LOG(important) << "important message, counter: " << i++;
     LOG(alarm)     << "alarm message, counter: "     << i++;
     LOG(error)     << "error message, counter: "     << i++;
+    LOG(critical)  << "critical message, counter: "  << i++;
     LOG(fatal)     << "fatal message, counter: "     << i++;
 }
 

test/nolog.cxx

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ void printEverySeverity()
     LOG(important) << "important message ";
     LOG(alarm)     << "alarm message ";
     LOG(error)     << "error message ";
+    LOG(critical)  << "critical message ";
 }
 
 void silentlyPrintAllVerbositiesWithSeverity(Severity sev)

test/severity.cxx

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ uint32_t printEverySeverity(uint32_t i)
     LOG(important) << "important message, counter: " << i++;
     LOG(alarm)     << "alarm message, counter: "     << i++;
     LOG(error)     << "error message, counter: "     << i++;
+    LOG(critical)  << "critical message, counter: "  << i++;
     LOG(fatal)     << "fatal message, counter: "     << i++;
 
     return i;