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Log the specified `*record` after setting its category attribute to the name of the specified `category` and severity attribute to the specified `severity`. (See the component‐level documentation of `ball_record` for more information on the fields that are logged.) Store the record in the buffer held by this logger if `severity` is at least as severe as the current "Record" threshold level of `category`. Pass the record directly to the observer held by this logger if `severity` is at least as severe as the current "Pass" threshold level of `category`. Publish the entire contents of the buffer of this logger if `severity` is at least as severe as the current "Trigger" threshold level of `category`. Publish the entire contents of all buffers of all active loggers if `severity` is at least as severe as the current "Trigger‐All" threshold level of `category` (i.e., via the callback supplied at construction). Finally, dispose of `record`. This method has no effect (other than disposing of `record`) if `severity` is less severe than each of the threshold levels of `category`. The behavior is undefined unless `severity` is in the range `[1 .. 255]`, both `fileName` and `message` are null‐terminated, and `record` was previously obtained by a call to `getRecord` on this logger. Note that `record` will be invalid after this method returns.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<ball_loggermanager.h>`

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void
logMessage(
    xref:BloombergLP/ball/Category.adoc[Category] const& category,
    int severity,
    xref:BloombergLP/ball/Record.adoc[Record]* record);
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