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use 5.008001;
use strict;
# ABSTRACT: Tell Log::Any where to send its logs
our $VERSION = '1.717';
our @CARP_NOT = ( 'Log::Any::Manager' );
sub import {
my $pkg = shift;
Log::Any->_manager->set(@_) if (@_);
}
sub set {
my $pkg = shift;
Log::Any->_manager->set(@_)
}
sub remove {
my $pkg = shift;
Log::Any->_manager->remove(@_)
}
sub get {
my $pkg = shift;
Log::Any->_manager->get_adapter(@_);
}
1;
__END__
=pod
=encoding UTF-8
=head1 NAME
Log::Any::Adapter - Tell Log::Any where to send its logs
=head1 VERSION
version 1.717
=head1 SYNOPSIS
# Log to a file, or stdout, or stderr for all categories
#
use Log::Any::Adapter ('File', '/path/to/file.log');
use Log::Any::Adapter ('Stdout');
use Log::Any::Adapter ('Stderr');
# Use Log::Log4perl for all categories
#
Log::Log4perl::init('/etc/log4perl.conf');
Log::Any::Adapter->set('Log4perl');
# Use Log::Dispatch for Foo::Baz
#
use Log::Dispatch;
my $log = Log::Dispatch->new(outputs => [[ ... ]]);
Log::Any::Adapter->set( { category => 'Foo::Baz' },
'Dispatch', dispatcher => $log );
# Use Log::Dispatch::Config for Foo::Baz and its subcategories
#
use Log::Dispatch::Config;
Log::Dispatch::Config->configure('/path/to/log.conf');
Log::Any::Adapter->set(
{ category => qr/^Foo::Baz/ },
'Dispatch', dispatcher => Log::Dispatch::Config->instance() );
# Use your own adapter for all categories
#
Log::Any::Adapter->set('+My::Log::Any::Adapter', ...);
=head1 DESCRIPTION
Log::Any::Adapter connects log producers and log consumers. Its methods
instantiate a logging adapter (a subclass of L<Log::Any::Adapter::Base>)
and route log messages from one or more categories to it.
=head1 ADAPTERS
In order to use a logging mechanism with C<Log::Any>, there needs to be an
adapter class for it. Typically this is named Log::Any::Adapter::I<something>.
=head2 Adapters in this distribution
Three basic adapters come with this distribution -- L<Log::Any::Adapter::File>,
L<Log::Any::Adapter::Stdout> and L<Log::Any::Adapter::Stderr>:
use Log::Any::Adapter ('File', '/path/to/file.log');
use Log::Any::Adapter ('Stdout');
use Log::Any::Adapter ('Stderr');
# or
use Log::Any::Adapter;
Log::Any::Adapter->set('File', '/path/to/file.log');
Log::Any::Adapter->set('Stdout');
Log::Any::Adapter->set('Stderr');
All of them simply output the message and newline to the specified destination;
a datestamp prefix is added in the C<File> case. For anything more complex
you'll want to use a more robust adapter from CPAN.
=head2 Adapters on CPAN
A sampling of adapters available on CPAN as of this writing:
=over
=item *
L<Log::Any::Adapter::Log4perl|Log::Any::Adapter::Log4perl>
=item *
L<Log::Any::Adapter::Dispatch|Log::Any::Adapter::Dispatch>
=item *
L<Log::Any::Adapter::FileHandle|Log::Any::Adapter::FileHandle>
=item *
L<Log::Any::Adapter::Syslog|Log::Any::Adapter::Syslog>
=back
You may find other adapters on CPAN by searching for "Log::Any::Adapter", or
create your own adapter. See
L<Log::Any::Adapter::Development|Log::Any::Adapter::Development> for more
information on the latter.
=head1 SETTING AND REMOVING ADAPTERS
=over
=item Log::Any::Adapter->set ([options, ]adapter_name, adapter_params...)
This method sets the adapter to use for all log categories, or for a particular
set of categories.
I<adapter_name> is the name of an adapter. It is automatically prepended with
"Log::Any::Adapter::". If instead you want to pass the full name of an adapter,
prefix it with a "+". e.g.
# Use My::Adapter class
Log::Any::Adapter->set('+My::Adapter', arg => $value);
I<adapter_params> are passed along to the adapter constructor. See the
documentation for the individual adapter classes for more information.
An optional hash of I<options> may be passed as the first argument. Options
are:
=over
=item category
A string containing a category name, or a regex (created with C<qr//>) matching
multiple categories. If not specified, all categories will be routed to the
adapter.
=item lexically
A reference to a lexical variable. When the variable goes out of scope, the
adapter setting will be removed. e.g.
{
Log::Any::Adapter->set({lexically => \my $lex}, ...);
# in effect here
...
}
# no longer in effect here
=back
C<set> returns an entry object, which can be passed to C<remove>. If you
call C<set> repeatedly without calling C<remove> you will leak memory. For
most programs that set an adapter once until the end of the program, this
shouldn't matter.
=item use Log::Any::Adapter (...)
If you pass arguments to C<use Log::Any::Adapter>, it calls C<<
Log::Any::Adapter->set >> with those arguments.
=item Log::Any::Adapter->remove (entry)
Remove an I<entry> previously returned by C<set>.
=back
=head1 USING MORE THAN ONE ADAPTER
C<Log::Any> maintains a stack of entries created via C<set>. If you call
C<set> repeatedly, you will leak memory unless you do one of the
following:
=for :list * call C<remove> on the adapter returned from C<set> when you are done with
it
* use the C<lexically> feature to set a guard variable that will clean it
up when it goes out of scope
When getting a logger for a particular category, C<Log::Any> will work its way
down the stack and use the first matching entry.
Whenever the stack changes, any C<Log::Any> loggers that have previously been
created will automatically adjust to the new stack. For example:
my $log = Log::Any->get_logger();
$log->error("aiggh!"); # this goes nowhere
...
{
Log::Any::Adapter->set({ lexically => \my $lex }, 'Log4perl');
$log->error("aiggh!"); # this goes to log4perl
...
}
$log->error("aiggh!"); # this goes nowhere again
=head1 BUILDING ON THE Log::Any BACKEND
=over
=item get
my $adapter= Log::Any::Adapter->get($category);
The primary intended way to extend the producing-side of Log::Any is with a custom
L<Log::Any::Proxy> class. However, for special logging scenarios you might also
just want access to the adapter for a given category. The API of an adapter object
is described in L<Log::Any::Adapter::Development>. Beware that adapter objects can
be "rewritten" on the fly, so any conditional behavior you write depending on the
capabilities of an adapter must be re-checked every time you access the adapter.
=back
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<Log::Any|Log::Any>
=head1 AUTHORS
=over 4
=item *
Jonathan Swartz <swartz@pobox.com>
=item *
David Golden <dagolden@cpan.org>
=item *
Doug Bell <preaction@cpan.org>
=item *
Daniel Pittman <daniel@rimspace.net>
=item *
Stephen Thirlwall <sdt@cpan.org>
=back
=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2017 by Jonathan Swartz, David Golden, and Doug Bell.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
=cut