add ParseLevel func to return level const

this will allow consumers of this package to not have to do their own logic to convert known log levels to the constants defined for each one within this package.

Author: jamesgoodhouse

log/log.go

@@ -248,6 +248,24 @@ func Level() Lvl {
 	return global.Level()
 }
 
+func ParseLevel(lvl string) (Lvl, error) {
+	switch strings.ToUpper(lvl) {
+	case "DEBUG":
+		return DEBUG, nil
+	case "INFO":
+		return INFO, nil
+	case "WARN":
+		return WARN, nil
+	case "ERROR":
+		return ERROR, nil
+	case "OFF":
+		return OFF, nil
+	}
+
+	var l Lvl
+	return l, fmt.Errorf("not a valid log level: %q", lvl)
+}
+
 func SetLevel(level Lvl) {
 	global.SetLevel(level)
 }