NAME
Log::Abstraction - Logging Abstraction Layer
VERSION
0.25
SYNOPSIS
use Log::Abstraction;
my $logger = Log::Abstraction->new(logger => 'logfile.log');
$logger->debug('This is a debug message');
$logger->info('This is an info message');
$logger->notice('This is a notice message');
$logger->trace('This is a trace message');
$logger->warn({ warning => 'This is a warning message' });
DESCRIPTION
The Log::Abstraction
class provides a flexible logging layer on top of different types of loggers, including code references, arrays, file paths, and objects. It also supports logging to syslog if configured.
METHODS
new
my $logger = Log::Abstraction->new(%args);
Creates a new Log::Abstraction
object.
The argument can be a hash, a reference to a hash or the logger
value. The following arguments can be provided:
carp_on_warn
If set to 1, and
logger
is not given, callCarp:carp
onwarn()
.config_file
Points to a configuration file which contains the parameters to
new()
. The file can be in any common format, includingYAML
,XML
, andINI
. This allows the parameters to be set at run time.On a non-Windows system, the class can be configured using environment variables starting with
"Log::Abstraction::"
. For example:export Log::Abstraction::script_name=foo
It doesn't work on Windows because of the case-insensitive nature of that system.
level
The minimum level at which to log something, the default is "warning".
logger
A logger can be one or more of:
a code reference
an object
a hash of options
sendmail - send higher priority messages to an email address
To send an e-mail you need "require Email::Simple", "require Email::Sender::Simple" and Email::Sender::Transport::SMTP.
array - a reference to an array
fd - containing a file descriptor to log to
file - containing the filename
Defaults to Log::Log4perl. In that case, the argument 'verbose' to new() will raise the logging level.
format
The format of the message. Expands:
%callstack%
%level%
%class%
%message%
%timestamp%
=%item * %env_foo%
Replaces with
$ENV{foo}
syslog
A hash reference for syslog configuration. Only warnings and above will be sent to syslog. This restriction should be lifted in the future, since it's reasonable to send notices and above to the syslog.
script_name
The name of the script. It's needed when
syslog
is given, if none is passed, the value is guessed.
Clone existing objects with or without modifications:
my $clone = $logger->new();
_sanitize_email_header
my $clean_value = _sanitize_email_header($raw_value);
Internal routine to remove carriage return and line feed characters from an email header value to prevent header injection or formatting issues.
Input
Takes a single scalar value, typically a string representing an email header field.
Behavior
If the input is undefined, returns `undef`. Otherwise, removes all newline characters (`\n`), carriage returns (`\r`), and CRLF pairs from the string.
Output
Returns the sanitized string with CR/LF characters removed.
FORMAL SPECIFICATION
If the input is undefined (∅), the output is also undefined (∅).
If the input is defined, the result is a defined string with CR and LF characters removed.
[CHAR]
CR, LF : CHAR
CR == '\r'
LF == '\n'
STRING == seq CHAR
SanitizeEmailHeader
raw?: STRING
sanitized!: STRING
-------------------------------------------------
sanitized! = [ c : raw? | c ≠ CR ∧ c ≠ LF ]
level
Get/set the minimum level to log at. Returns the current level, as an integer.
is_debug
Are we at a debug level that will emit debug messages? For compatability with Log::Any.
messages
Return all the messages emitted so far
debug
$logger->debug(@messages);
Logs a debug message.
info
$logger->info(@messages);
Logs an info message.
notice
$logger->notice(@messages);
Logs a notice message.
error
$logger->error(@messages);
Logs an error message. This method also supports logging to syslog if configured. If not logging mechanism is set, falls back to Carp
.
trace
$logger->trace(@messages);
Logs a trace message.
warn
$logger->warn(@messages);
$logger->warn(\@messages);
$logger->warn(warning => \@messages);
Logs a warning message. This method also supports logging to syslog if configured. If not logging mechanism is set, falls back to Carp
.
_high_priority
Helper to handle important messages.
AUTHOR
Nigel Horne njh@nigelhorne.com
SUPPORT
This module is provided as-is without any warranty.
Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-log-abstraction at rt.cpan.org
, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Log-Abstraction. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.
You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.
perldoc Log::Abstraction
You can also look for information at:
MetaCPAN
RT: CPAN's request tracker
CPAN Testers' Matrix
CPAN Testers Dependencies
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2025 Nigel Horne
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.