Merge pull request #220 from Spikes-2212-Programming-Guild/SpikesLogger

added logWithTimestamp

Author: Yoel-Perman-Brilliant

src/main/java/com/spikes2212/dashboard/SpikesLogger.java

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.spikes2212.dashboard;
 
 import edu.wpi.first.networktables.NetworkTable;
+import java.time.LocalTime;
 import edu.wpi.first.wpilibj2.command.Command;
 import edu.wpi.first.wpilibj2.command.InstantCommand;
 
@@ -49,6 +50,15 @@ public <T> void log(T output) {
         putString(key, output == null ? "null" : output.toString());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Logs the provided output with a timestamp to the NetworkTables and the SpikesLogger app.
+     *
+     * @param output the data to be logged
+     */
+    public <T> void logWithTimestamp(T output) {
+        log(LocalTime.now() + ": " + output);
+    }
+      
     /**
      * Returns a command that logs the provided output to the NetworkTables and the SpikesLogger app.
      *
@@ -58,4 +68,14 @@ public <T> void log(T output) {
     public <T> Command logCommand(T output) {
         return new InstantCommand(() -> log(output));
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a command that logs the provided output with a timestamp to the NetworkTables and the SpikesLogger app.
+     *
+     * @param output the data to be logged
+     * @return a command that logs the output
+     */
+    public <T> Command logWithTimestampCommand(T output) {
+        return new InstantCommand(() -> logWithTimestamp(output));
+    }
 }