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/ App::Info::Handler::Print

NAME

App::Info::Handler::Print - Print App::Info event messages

SYNOPSIS

use App::Info::Category::FooApp;
use App::Info::Handler::Print;

my $stdout = App::Info::Handler::Print->new( fh => 'stdout' );
my $app = App::Info::Category::FooApp->new( on_info => $stdout );

# Or...
my $app = App::Info::Category::FooApp->new( on_error => 'stderr' );

DESCRIPTION

App::Info::Handler::Print objects handle App::Info events by printing their messages to a filehandle. This means that if you want event messages to print to a file or to a system filehandle, you can easily do it with this class. You'll find, however, that App::Info::Handler::Print is most effective for info and error events; unknown and prompt events are better handled by event handlers that know how to prompt users for data. See App::Info::Handler::Prompt for an example of that functionality.

Upon loading, App::Info::Handler::Print registers itself with App::Info::Handler, setting up a couple of strings that can be passed to an App::Info concrete subclass constructor. These strings are shortcuts that tell App::Info how to create the proper App::Info::Handler::Print object for handling events. The registered strings are:

stdout

Prints event messages to STDOUT.

stderr

Prints event messages to STDERR.

See the new() constructor below for how to have App::Info::Handler::Print print event messages to different filehandle.

INTERFACE

Constructor

new

my $stderr_handler = App::Info::Handler::Print->new;
$stderr_handler = App::Info::Handler::Print->new( fh => 'stderr' );
my $stdout_handler = App::Info::Handler::Print->new( fh => 'stdout' );
my $fh = FileHandle->new($file);
my $fh_handler = App::Info::Handler::Print->new( fh => $fh );

Constructs a new App::Info::Handler::Print and returns it. It can take a single parameterized argument, fh, which can be any one of the following values:

stderr

Constructs a App::Info::Handler::Print object that prints App::Info event messages to STDERR.

stdout

Constructs a App::Info::Handler::Print object that prints App::Info event messages to STDOUT.

FileHandle
GLOB

Pass in a reference and App::Info::Handler::Print will assume that it's a filehandle reference that it can print to. Note that passing in something that can't be printed to will trigger an exception when App::Info::Handler::Print tries to print to it.

If the fh parameter is not passed, new() will default to creating an App::Info::Handler::Print object that prints App::Info event messages to STDOUT.

handler

This method is called by App::Info to print out the message from events.

BUGS

Please send bug reports to <bug-app-info@rt.cpan.org> or file them at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=App-Info.

AUTHOR

David Wheeler <david@justatheory.com>

SEE ALSO

App::Info documents the event handling interface.

App::Info::Handler::Carp handles events by passing their messages Carp module functions.

App::Info::Handler::Prompt offers event handling more appropriate for unknown and confirm events.

App::Info::Handler describes how to implement custom App::Info event handlers.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2002-2008, David Wheeler. Some Rights Reserved.

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