NAME

Log::Dispatchouli - a simple wrapper around Log::Dispatch

METHODS

new

my $logger = Log::Dispatchouli->new(\%arg);

This returns a new SvcLogger, which can then be called like a coderef to log stuff. You know. Stuff. Things, too, we'll log those.

Valid arguments are:

ident      - the name of the thing logging (mandatory)
to_self    - log to the logger object for testing; default: false
to_file    - log to PROGRAM_NAME.YYYYMMDD in the log path; default: false
to_stdout  - log to STDOUT; default: false
to_stderr  - log to STDERR; default: false
facility   - to which syslog facility to send logs; default: none
log_pid    - if true, prefix all log entries with the pid; default: true
fail_fatal - a boolean; if true, failure to log is fatal; default: true
debug      - a boolean; if true, log_debug method is not a no-op
             defaults to the truth of the DISPATCHOULI_DEBUG env var

The log path is either /tmp or the value of the DISPATCHOULI_PATH env var.

If the DISPATCHOULI_NOSYSLOG env var is true, we don't log to syslog.

new_tester

This returns a new logger that doesn't log. It's useful in testing. If no ident arg is provided, one will be generated.

log

$logger->log(@messages);

$logger->log(\%arg, @messages);

This method uses String::Flogger on the input, then logs the result. Each message is flogged individually, then joined with spaces.

If the first argument is a hashref, it will be used as extra arguments to logging. At present, all entries in the hashref are ignored.

log_fatal

This behaves like the log method, but will throw the logged string as an exception after logging.

log_debug

This behaves like the log method, but will only log (at the debug level) if the SvcLogger object has its debug property set to true.

debug

This gets or sets the SvcLogger's debug property, which affects the behavior of log_debug.

dispatcher

This returns the underlying Log::Dispatch object. This is not the method you're looking for. Move along.

events

This method returns the arrayref of events logged to an array in memory (in the logger). If the logger is not logging to_self this raises an exception.

SEE ALSO

Log::Dispatch

String::Flogger

AUTHOR

Ricardo SIGNES, <rjbs@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2008 Ricardo SIGNES. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

cpanm Log::Dispatchouli

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Log::Dispatchouli