NAME

Nagios::Plugin::OverHTTP::Formatter - Moose role for output formatters

VERSION

This documentation refers to Nagios::Plugin::OverHTTP::Formatter version 0.14

SYNOPSIS

package My::Custom::Formatter;

use Moose;

with 'Nagios::Plugin::OverHTTP::Formatter'; # use the role (required)

# Implement the formatter and define
# any required methods

no Moose; # unimport Moose

1;

DESCRIPTION

This module is a Moose role that defines the required API for formatters.

REQUIRED METHODS

exit_code

This must return an integer which may be used as the exit status for the plugin.

stderr

This must return a string which may be used as the output to stderr. Returning a zero-length string will cause nothing to be printed to stderr.

stdout

This must return a string which may be used as the output to stdout. Returning a zero-length string will cause nothing to be printed to stdout.

ATTRIBUTES

response

Required. This is the Nagios::Plugin::OverHTTP::Response object to format.

METHODS

standard_status_exit_code

This provided method is useful to packages that consume this role. This method will take the status as the only argument and will return an integer representing the standard exit code for that status.

# My::Custom::Formatter package
sub exit_code {
    my ($self) = @_;

    # Just return the default
    return $self->standard_status_exit_code($self->response->status);
}

DIAGNOSTICS

Unable to change the status %s to exit code

The method "standard_status_exit_code" was called and the provided argument could not be converted into a known status.

DEPENDENCIES

This module is dependent on the following modules:

AUTHOR

Douglas Christopher Wilson, <doug at somethingdoug.com>

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-nagios-plugin-overhttp at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Nagios-Plugin-OverHTTP. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2010 Douglas Christopher Wilson, all rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either:

  • the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option) any later version, or

  • the Artistic License version 2.0.