package SL::Watchdog;

use Data::Dumper;

require Tie::Hash;

@ISA = (Tie::StdHash);

my %watched_variables;

sub STORE {
  my ($this, $key, $value) = @_;

  if (substr($key, 0, 10) eq "Watchdog::") {
    substr $key, 0, 10, "";
    $watched_variables{$key} = $value;
    if ($value) {
      $main::lxdebug->_write("WATCH", "Starting to watch '$key' with current value '$this->{$key}'");
    } else {
      $main::lxdebug->_write("WATCH", "Stopping to watch '$key'");
    }
    return;

  }

  if ($watched_variables{$key}
        && ($this->{$key} ne $value)) {
    my $subroutine = (caller 1)[3];
    my ($self_filename, $self_line) = (caller)[1, 2];
    $main::lxdebug->_write("WATCH",
                           "Value of '$key' changed from '$this->{$key}' to '$value' "
                             . "in ${subroutine} at ${self_filename}:${self_line}");
  }

  $this->{$key} = $value;
}

1;