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NAME

Apache2::LogUtil - Simple logging API with run-time context

SYNOPSIS

use Apache2::LogUtil;
my $log = Apache2::LogUtil->new();

Or, to capture elapsed time:

use Apache2::LogUtil;
use Misc::Stopwatch;
my $sw = Misc::Stopwatch->new;
my $log = Apache2::LogUtil->new($sw);

In a perl handler, initialize the objects on each request:

$sw->reset->start();      # Elapsed time starts now

$log->set_request();      # Will use $s-log_serror> (Server log file)
$log->set_request($r);    # Will use $r-log_rerror> (VirtualHost log file)

Call logging methods:

$log->error('The code is smoking');
$log->warn('The code is hot');
$log->notice('The code is warm');
$log->info('The code is lighting up');
$log->debug('The code is doing what?');

EXPORTS

Nothing exported by default

DEPENDENCIES

This module requires these other modules and libraries:

Apache2::Const
Apache2::Log
Apache2::ServerUtil
APR::Const
Apache2::MPM
APR::OS

DESCRIPTION

Calls $s->log_serror or $r->log_rerror if a $r has been passed to "set_request". Log-file entries are formatted as:

Fieldset 1 - Inserted by Apache
Fieldset 2 - Inserted by this module
Fieldset 3 - Inserted by this module
Fieldset 4 - The log message

 .----------------------------------------- 1a) Apache date/time stamp
 |     .----------------------------------- 1b) Logging level
 |     |
 |     |      .---------------------------- 2)  HTTP Request Cycle Phase
 |     |      |         .------------------ 3a) Process ID, i.e., $$
 |     |      |         |     .------------ 3b) Thread ID (for threaded perl), or 0
 |     |      |         |     | .---------- 3c) Elapsed time, or 0
 |     |      |         |     | |       .-- 4)  Log Message
 |     |      |         |     | |       |
 |     |      |         |     | |       |
 v     v      v         v     v v       v
[...] [warn] <Cleanup> [22933-0:0.0229] ...
             ^------------------------^
              (inserted by this module)

1) Log prefix as per your Apache configuration, normally these values are:

1a) The date and time of the request.

1b) The log level of the message. The Apache directive LogLevel determines 
which messages are displayed.

2) The phase name is a shortened form of the current callback name.  As in the 
above example, the callback name PerlCleanupHandler is trimmed by removing
the and the leading Perl and trailing Handler.

3) Process information

3a) As in $$

3b) ID of the child thread of $$.  If not running with threads, zero.

3c) Elapsed time if a Misc::Stopwatch has been set up, otherwise zero.

4) The message which we're here to log

PUBLIC INTERFACE

new

Construct a new instance
new
new $stopwatch
new $stopwatch $request

where:

$stopwatch isa Misc::Stopwatch
$request isa Apache2::RequestRec

debug

Write a debug message to the apache log
debug $message

warn

Write a warning to the apache log
warn $warn

error

Write an error to the apache log
error $error

notice

Write a notice to the apache log
notice $notice

info

Write an informational message to the apache log
info $message

message

Write to the apache log
message $LOG_TYPE, $message

SEE ALSO

Apache2::Testing::LogUtil

Apache2::Trace

Misc::Stopwatch

http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/user/handlers/http.html#HTTP_Request_Cycle_Phases

AUTHORS

Ryan Gies <ryangies@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2006-2010 by Livesite Networks, LLC. All rights reserved.

Copyright (C) 2000-2005 by Ryan Gies. All rights reserved.

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