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/ Catalyst::Log

NAME

Catalyst::Log - Catalyst Log Class

SYNOPSIS

$log = $c->log;
$log->debug($message);
$log->info($message);
$log->warn($message);
$log->error($message);
$log->fatal($message);

if ( $log->is_debug ) {
     # expensive debugging
}

See Catalyst.

DESCRIPTION

This module provides the default, simple logging functionality for Catalyst. If you want something different set $c->log in your application module, e.g.:

$c->log( MyLogger->new );

Your logging object is expected to provide the interface described here. Good alternatives to consider are Log::Log4Perl and Log::Dispatch.

If you want to be able to log arbitrary warnings, you can do something along the lines of

$SIG{__WARN__} = sub { MyApp->log->warn(@_); };

however this is (a) global, (b) hairy and (c) may have unexpected side effects. Don't say we didn't warn you.

LOG LEVELS

debug

$log->is_debug;
$log->debug($message);

info

$log->is_info;
$log->info($message);

warn

$log->is_warn;
$log->warn($message);

error

$log->is_error;
$log->error($message);

fatal

$log->is_fatal;
$log->fatal($message);

METHODS

new

Constructor. Defaults to enable all levels unless levels are provided in arguments.

$log = Catalyst::Log->new;
$log = Catalyst::Log->new( 'warn', 'error' );

level

Contains a bitmask of the currently set log levels.

levels

Set log levels

$log->levels( 'warn', 'error', 'fatal' );

enable

Enable log levels

$log->enable( 'warn', 'error' );

disable

Disable log levels

$log->disable( 'warn', 'error' );

is_debug

is_error

is_fatal

is_info

is_warn

Is the log level active?

abort

Should Catalyst emit logs for this request? Will be reset at the end of each request.

*NOTE* This method is not compatible with other log apis, so if you plan to use Log4Perl or another logger, you should call it like this:

$c->log->abort(1) if $c->log->can('abort');

_send_to_log

$log->_send_to_log( @messages );

This protected method is what actually sends the log information to STDERR. You may subclass this module and override this method to get finer control over the log output.

meta

SEE ALSO

Catalyst.

AUTHORS

Catalyst Contributors, see Catalyst.pm

COPYRIGHT

This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.