--- a/core/com.nokia.carbide.discovery.ui/src/com/nokia/carbide/discovery/ui/Activator.java	Mon May 17 09:23:33 2010 -0500
+++ b/core/com.nokia.carbide.discovery.ui/src/com/nokia/carbide/discovery/ui/Activator.java	Mon May 17 10:03:22 2010 -0500
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package com.nokia.carbide.discovery.ui;
 
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IStatus;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Status;
 import org.eclipse.jface.resource.ImageDescriptor;
 import org.eclipse.ui.plugin.AbstractUIPlugin;
 import org.osgi.framework.BundleContext;
@@ -57,4 +59,13 @@
 	public static ImageDescriptor getImageDescriptor(String path) {
 		return imageDescriptorFromPlugin(PLUGIN_ID, path);
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Log to error log
+	 * @param message
+	 * @param t
+	 */
+	public static void logError(String message, Throwable t) {
+		getDefault().getLog().log(new Status(IStatus.ERROR, Activator.PLUGIN_ID, message, t));
+	}
 }