-// \\\ transitional placeholder function until we have promoted all invocations
-mkws.log = function(x) { _log(mkws.logger.debug, "LEGACY LOG: " + x) };
-/*
-trace("message with severity trace");
-debug("message with severity debug");
-info("message with severity info");
-warn("message with severity warn");
-error("message with severity error");
-fatal("message with severity fatal");
-*/
-
+mkws.trace = function(x) { _log(mkws.logger.trace, x) };
+mkws.debug = function(x) { _log(mkws.logger.debug, x) };
+mkws.info = function(x) { _log(mkws.logger.info, x) };
+mkws.warn = function(x) { _log(mkws.logger.warn, x) };
+mkws.error = function(x) { _log(mkws.logger.error, x) };
+mkws.fatal = function(x) { _log(mkws.logger.fatal, x) };