NAME
Log::Handler::Output::Socket - Send messages to a socket.
SYNOPSIS
use Log::Handler::Output::Socket;
my $sock = Log::Handler::Output::Socket->new(
    peeraddr    => "127.0.0.1",
    peerport    => 44444,
    proto       => "tcp",
    timeout     => 10
);
$sock->log(message => $message);
DESCRIPTION
With this module it's possible to send messages over the network.
METHODS
new()
Call new() to create a new Log::Handler::Output::Socket object.
The following options are possible:
- peeraddr
 - 
The address of the server.
 - peerport
 - 
The port to connect to.
 - proto
 - 
The protocol you wish to use. Default is TCP.
 - timeout
 - 
The timeout to send message. The default is 5 seconds.
 - persistent and reconnect
 - 
With this option you can enable or disable a persistent connection and re-connect if the connection was lost.
Both options are set to 1 on default.
 - dump
 - 
Do you like to dump the message? If you enable this option then all messages will be dumped with
Data::Dumper. - dumper
 - 
Do you want to use another dumper as
Data::Dumper? You can do the following as example:use Convert::Bencode_XS; dumper => sub { Convert::Bencode_XS::bencode($_[0]) } # or maybe use JSON::PC; dumper => sub { JSON::PC::convert($_[0]) } - connect
 - 
This option is only useful if you want to pass your own arguments to
IO::Socket::INETand don't want usepeeraddrandpeerhost.Example:
connect => { PerrAddr => "127.0.0.1", PeerPort => 44444, LocalPort => 44445 }This options are passed to
IO::Socket::INET. 
log()
Call log() if you want to send a message over the socket.
Example:
$sock->log("message");
connect()
Connect to the socket.
disconnect()
Disconnect from socket.
validate()
Validate a configuration.
reload()
Reload with a new configuration.
errstr()
This function returns the last error message.
PREREQUISITES
Carp
Params::Validate;
IO::Socket::INET;
Data::Dumper;
EXPORTS
No exports.
REPORT BUGS
Please report all bugs to <jschulz.cpan(at)bloonix.de>.
If you send me a mail then add Log::Handler into the subject.
AUTHOR
Jonny Schulz <jschulz.cpan(at)bloonix.de>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2007-2009 by Jonny Schulz. All rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.