Make sure that both SYSLOG as well as ASSERT won't be fully missed ev…

…en before the messaging engine is fully initialized

Source/core/AssertionControl.cpp

@@ -60,9 +60,17 @@ namespace Assertion {
     void AssertionUnitProxy::AssertionEvent(Core::Messaging::IStore::Assert& metadata, const Core::Messaging::TextMessage& message)
     {
         _adminLock->Lock();
+
+        metadata.TimeStamp(Thunder::Core::Time::Now().Ticks());
+
+        // print the ASSERT to stderr if handler is not set, possibly due to the messaging engine not being fully initialized yet
         if (_handler != nullptr) {
             _handler->AssertionEvent(metadata, message);
         }
+        else {
+            fprintf(stderr, "%s%s\n", metadata.ToString(Core::Messaging::MessageInfo::abbreviate::FULL).c_str(), message.Data().c_str());
+        }
+
         _adminLock->Unlock();
     }
 

Source/messaging/AssertionUnit.cpp

@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ namespace Assertion {
 
     void AssertionUnit::AssertionEvent(Core::Messaging::IStore::Assert& metadata, const Core::Messaging::TextMessage& message)
     {
-        metadata.TimeStamp(Thunder::Core::Time::Now().Ticks());
         Thunder::Messaging::MessageUnit::Instance().Push(metadata, &message);
     }
 }

Source/messaging/MessageUnit.cpp

@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ namespace Thunder {
         {
             //logging messages can happen in Core, meaning, otherside plugin can be not started yet
             //those should be just printed
-            if (_settings.IsDirect() == true) {
+            if ((_settings.IsDirect() == true) || (_dispatcher == nullptr)) {
                 _direct.Output(messageInfo, message);
             } else if (_dispatcher != nullptr) {
                 uint8_t serializationBuffer[TempDataBufferSize];