New group logging

smartobject.py

@@ -183,10 +183,22 @@ class SmartObject(hass.Hass,LoggerInterface):
     # mute → entity → constants → templates_library → virtual_sensors
     # → attributes_override → dataset restore → on_initialize_smart_object()
     def initialize(self):
+        self.initialize_logger_interface(self.get_ad_api())
+        with self.log_group('initialization', self.name) as group:
+            self.log(f"Initialization started [group=initialization:{group['id']}]")
+            try:
+                succeeded = self._initialize_smart_object()
+            except BaseException:
+                self.log(f"Initialization failed [group=initialization:{group['id']}]", level='ERROR')
+                raise
+            status = 'completed' if succeeded else 'failed'
+            level = 'INFO' if succeeded else 'ERROR'
+            self.log(f"Initialization {status} [group=initialization:{group['id']}]", level=level)
+
+    def _initialize_smart_object(self):
         try:
             #self.depends_on_module(["smartobject","virtualsensors","logger_interface"])
 
-            self.initialize_logger_interface(self.get_ad_api())
             self.log_info(f"Name = {self.name}")
             # mute: true  →  suppress all log output for this app
             try: self.mute_logger(self.args['mute'])
@@ -272,8 +284,10 @@ class SmartObject(hass.Hass,LoggerInterface):
                 self.log_info(self.get_dataset_name() + " loaded")
             except (FileNotFoundError,EOFError): pass #self.log_info("File " + self.get_dataset_name() + " not found (and it's ok)")
             self.on_initialize_smart_object()
-        except ParsingException as e: self.log_error(str(e),stop_app = True)
-        
+        except ParsingException as e:
+            self.log_error(str(e), stop_app=True)
+            return False
+        return True
 
     # AppDaemon shutdown hook. Persists self.dataset to disk (if set).
     def terminate(self):