Class ReportingPlugin

allows for filtering out of erroneous information from logs by assigning values to different types of logging. the purpose of each log level is as follows:

• trace - used when logging low-level debug events that occur within a loop
• debug - used for debug logging that does not run within a loop or at a high frequency
• info - used for informational events providing current state of a system
• step - used within a test to denote where within the test steps we are
• warn - used for unexpected errors that are recoverable
• pass - used to indicate the success of a test expectation or assertion
• fail - used to indicate the failure of a test expectation or assertion
• error - used for unexpected errors that are not recoverable
• none - used when no logging is desired (disables logging)

called by the parent ReportingManager before terminating to allow each plugin to finalise any deferred logging actions

called by the parent ReportingManager on load to allow any plugins to configure themselves for a new logger

used for reporting message strings. this function would be called frequently

function will report on the passed in TestResult