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+/**
+ * @file tiledb/api/c_api_support/capi_function_override.h
+ *
+ * @section LICENSE
+ *
+ * The MIT License
+ *
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2023 TileDB, Inc.
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ *
+ * @section DESCRIPTION
+ *
+ * This file defines a logging aspect sufficient to verify that the C API
+ * aspect system in the exception wrapper is working.
+ */
+
+#ifndef TILEDB_CAPI_LOGGING_ASPECT_H
+#define TILEDB_CAPI_LOGGING_ASPECT_H
+
+#include <string>
+
+#include "tiledb/sm/c_api/tiledb.h"
+#include "tiledb/sm/c_api/tiledb_experimental.h"
+
+/**
+ * Default trait class declaration has no members; it's only defined a
+ * specialization.
+ */
+template <auto f>
+struct CAPIFunctionNameTrait {
+  static constexpr bool exists = false;
+};
+
+/*
+ * CAPI_PREFIX is an extension point within the macros for defining C API
+ * interface functions. The override macro defines a trait class for each C API
+ * implementation function. The trait class is a specialization of an otherwise
+ * undefined class template. Each trait class contains the name of its
+ * implementation function; the name is subsequently picked up by `class
+ * LoggingAspect`.
+ */
+#undef CAPI_PREFIX
+#define CAPI_PREFIX(root)                                    \
+  template <>                                                \
+  struct CAPIFunctionNameTrait<tiledb::api::tiledb_##root> { \
+    static constexpr bool exists = true;                     \
+    static constexpr const char* name = "tiledb_" #root;     \
+  };
+
+struct TileDBToString {
+  template<typename T, std::enable_if_t<std::is_arithmetic_v<T>, bool> = true>
+  TileDBToString(T val) {
+    val_ = std::to_string(val);
+  }
+
+  template<typename T, std::enable_if_t<std::is_enum_v<T>, bool> = true>
+  TileDBToString(T val) {
+    val_ = std::to_string(val);
+  }
+
+  template<typename T, std::enable_if_t<std::is_pointer_v<T>, bool> = true>
+  TileDBToString(T val) {
+    val_ = ptr_to_string(val);
+  }
+
+  inline std::string ptr_to_string(const void* ptr) {
+    std::stringstream ss;
+    ss << ptr;
+    return ss.str();
+  }
+
+  inline std::string ptr_to_string(void (*ptr)(void*)) {
+    std::stringstream ss;
+    ss << ptr;
+    return ss.str();
+  }
+
+  inline std::string ptr_to_string(int (*ptr)(const char *, void *)) {
+    std::stringstream ss;
+    ss << ptr;
+    return ss.str();
+  }
+
+  inline std::string ptr_to_string(int (*ptr)(const char *, tiledb_object_t, void *)) {
+    std::stringstream ss;
+    ss << ptr;
+    return ss.str();
+  }
+
+  inline const std::string& string() {
+    return val_;
+  }
+
+  std::string val_;
+};
+
+std::string
+fmt_args(std::convertible_to<TileDBToString> auto&& ...args)
+{
+  std::stringstream ss;
+  ss << "(";
+  size_t i = 0;
+  for (auto v : std::initializer_list<TileDBToString>{ args... }) {
+    if (i > 0) {
+      ss << ", ";
+    }
+    ss << v.string();
+    i++;
+  }
+  ss << ")";
+  return ss.str();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Logging aspect for the exception wrapper from a C API function
+ *
+ * @tparam f C API implementation function
+ */
+template <auto f>
+class LoggingAspect;
+
+/**
+ * Specialization of the logging aspect that infers the return type and argument
+ * types of the template parameter.
+ *
+ * @tparam R The return type of `f`
+ * @tparam Args The argument types of `f`
+ * @tparam f C API implementation function
+ */
+template <class R, class... Args, R (*f)(Args...)>
+class LoggingAspect<f> {
+ public:
+  /**
+   * Record the name of the function is the "log entry"
+   *
+   * @param ... Arguments are ignored
+   */
+  static void call(Args...args) {
+    if constexpr (CAPIFunctionNameTrait<f>::exists) {
+      std::string tag{"capi: "};
+      auto str_args = fmt_args(args...);
+      LOG_ERROR(tag + CAPIFunctionNameTrait<f>::name + str_args);
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+/**
+ * Specialization of the aspect selector to `void` overrides the default (the
+ * null aspect) to compile with the logging aspect instead.
+ */
+template <auto f>
+struct tiledb::api::CAPIFunctionSelector<f, void> {
+  using aspect_type = LoggingAspect<f>;
+};
+
+#endif  // TILEDB_EXCEPTION_WRAPPER_TEST_LOGGING_ASPECT_H