package Log::StdLog;
use version; $VERSION = qv('0.0.3');
use warnings;
use strict;
use Carp;
use base 'IO::File';
my @levels = qw( all trace debug user info warn error fatal none );
my %severity; @severity{@levels} = 1..@levels;
# Aliases...
$severity{warning} = $severity{warn};
sub _make_formatter {
my ($format) = @_;
return sub {
my ($time, $source, $type, @msg) = @_;
my $msg = join q{}, @msg;
return sprintf $format, $time, $source, $type, $msg;
}
}
sub import {
my ($package, $opt_ref) = @_;
my ($caller, $file) = caller;
croak "Usage: use $package { file=>\$filename, level=>\$level, format=>sub{...} }\n "
if $opt_ref && not ref $opt_ref eq 'HASH';
if (not exists $opt_ref->{file}) {
$opt_ref->{file} = "$file.log";
}
if (not exists $opt_ref->{format}) {
$opt_ref->{format} = _make_formatter("[%s] [%s] [%s] %s");
}
elsif (not ref $opt_ref->{format}) {
$opt_ref->{format} = _make_formatter($opt_ref->{format});
}
if (not exists $opt_ref->{level}) {
$opt_ref->{level} = 'user';
}
no strict 'refs';
tie *{$caller.'::STDLOG'}, $package, $opt_ref;
}
sub TIEHANDLE {
my ($package, $opt_ref) = @_;
return bless { file => $opt_ref->{file},
handle => $opt_ref->{handle},
formatter => $opt_ref->{format},
min_severity_name => $opt_ref->{level} || 'user',
min_severity => $severity{$opt_ref->{level}}
|| $severity{user},
};
}
use Fcntl ':flock';
sub PRINT {
my ($self, $level, @msg)
= @_ == 1 ? ( $_[0], $_[0]->{min_severity_name}, $_ )
: @_ == 2 ? ( $_[0], $_[0]->{min_severity_name}, $_[1] )
: ( @_ )
;
# No-op if message isn't important enough...
my $severity = $severity{$level} || $severity{user};
return 0 if $self->{min_severity} > $severity;
# Format message early to get accurate time-stamp...
my ($sec,$min,$hour,$day,$mon,$year) = localtime;
$year+=1900;
$mon++;
my $time = sprintf("%04d%02d%02d.%02d%02d%02d",
$year, $mon, $day, $hour, $min, $sec);
$msg[-1] =~ s/\n\z// if @msg;
my $log_msg = $self->{formatter}->($time, $$, $level, @msg);
# Create connection to log file, if necessary...
if (not $self->{handle}) {
open $self->{handle}, '>>', $self->{file}
or croak "Unable to open log file '$self->{file}'";
}
# Synchronize writing to file via advisory locking...
flock($self->{handle}, LOCK_EX);
my $result = $self->{handle}->print($log_msg."\n");
flock($self->{handle}, LOCK_UN);
return $result;
}
sub CLOSE {
my ($self) = @_;
$self->{handle}->close();
}
1; # Magic true value required at end of module
__END__
=head1 NAME
Log::StdLog - A simple log file via a special filehandle
=head1 VERSION
This document describes Log::StdLog version 0.0.3
=head1 SYNOPSIS
use Log::StdLog { level => 'warn', file => "$0.log" };
# Messages at the same or a higher level are logged...
print {*STDLOG} error => "This error message will be logged\n";
print {*STDLOG} warn => "This warning message will be logged\n";
# Messages at a lower level are ignored...
print {*STDLOG} info => "This info message will NOT be logged\n";
# The default message level is the one that was specified
# when the module was loaded...
print {*STDLOG} "This is a warning message. It will be logged\n";
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This module provides a very simple kind of log file, with a very simple
interface. Messages are logged simply by printing to *STDLOG, which the
module exports to any namespace into which it's loaded.
=head1 INTERFACE
The entire interface consists of the options that can be passed when the
module is loaded, plus normal C<print> calls via the C<*STDLOG> filehandle.
=head2 Load-time configuration
When loading Log::StdLog, you can pass up to four arguments to the module to
configure it. Those arguments are passed in a single hash:
use Log::StdLog { file => $filename, level=>$min_level };
Each is described below.
=over
=item use Log::StdLog { file => $filename };
Normally, Log::StdLog logs messages to a file named C<"$0.log"> (that is, the
current filename with C<.log> appended. But if you pass a C<'file'> option, it
uses that file as its logfile instead.
=item use Log::StdLog { handle => $filehandle };
Instead of specifying the name of the log file using the C<'file'> option,
you can specify a filehandle to which log messages are written, using the
C<'handle'> option. If you specify both C<'file'> and C<'handle'>, the
C<'handle'> option takes precedence.
=item use Log::StdLog { level => $level_name };
The C<'level'> option specifies the minimum level of message to log, as well
as the default level of message, when a level isn't specified (see below).
The available levels (in decreasing order of severity) are:
'none'
'fatal'
'error'
'warn'
'info'
'user'
'debug'
'trace'
'all'
If the C<'level'> option is used, only those messages whose level is at or
above the specified level will be printed. All other messages will be silently
discarded.
If the C<'level'> option is not specified, the level defaults to C<'user'>.
=item use Log::StdLog { format => $log_formatter };
Normally, log entries are autoformatted like so:
[YYYYMMDD.HHMMSS] [PID] [LEVEL] Message
but you can change that default by specifying either a subroutine or a string
using the C<'format'> option.
If you specify a subroutine reference as the option's value, that
subroutine is called every time a message is logged, and is passed four
arguments: the date (in YYYYMMDD.HHMMSS format), the current process ID
(C<$$>), the level at which the message was logged, and a list of the
components of the message itself. The subroutine is expected to return the
log text to be printed (I<without> a trailing newline in the text).
So, for example, to implement a new logging format:
LEVEL (YYYYMMDD.HHMMSS/PID): Message
you could specify:
sub new_format {
my ($date, $pid, $level, @message) = @_
return "$level ($date/$pid): " . join(q{}, @message);
}
use Log::StdLog { format => \&new_format };
Alternatively, you can specify the new logging format as a simple string.
That string will be passed to C<sprintf> and can use C<'%s'> or other escapes
to interpolate the date, pid, level, and message text (which are passed to the
C<sprintf()> call in that order).
So, for example, to implement a new logging format:
/YYYYMMDD.HHMMSS/PID/LEVEL/ << Message >>
you could specify:
use Log::StdLog { format => '/%s/%s/%s/ << %s >>' };
=back
=head2 Logging via C<print>
To write to the log file provided by Log::StdLog, you simple print to the
special filehandle C<*STDLOG>:
print {*STDLOG} warn => 'Danger, Will Robinson!!!';
The first argument after the filehandle is treated as the severity level of
the log message, and used to determine whether a log entry is actually
generated (depending on the minimum severity level you set when loading the
module).
If the level is appropriate, then the message is printed (with a newline added
if necessary) to the logfile, in either the format you specified when loading
the module, or the default format (see earlier).
If only a single argument is specified after the filehandle:
print {*STDLOG} 'Danger, Will Robinson!!!';
then it is treated as a message without an explicit level, and the current
minimum level (default or user-specified) is used. This means that the message
is always printed.
If no argument is specified:
print {*STDLOG} ();
then the current value of C<$_> is used as the message.
In all cases, the log file is updated atomically, by exclusively locking the
file before the C<print> statement executes. Note that this means a C<print
{*STDLOG}> will block until the file becomes available for writing. Future
versions of this module may employ other synchronization strategies, including
allowing the logging attempt to fail after a timeout.
=head1 DIAGNOSTICS
=over
=item C<< Usage: use Log::StdLog { file=>$filename, level=>$level, format=>sub{...} } >>
You loaded the module, but passed it an argument it didn't understand. The
only argument the module can be passed when it's loaded is a hash reference,
with the keys shown.
=item C<< Unable to open log file '%s' >>
The logfile specified when the module was loaded cannot be opened for
appending. This is usually either a permissions problem or a misspecified
filepath.
=back
=head1 CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT
Log::StdLog requires no configuration files or environment variables.
=head1 DEPENDENCIES
This module requires the following other modules:
=over
=item *
IO::File
=item *
Fcntl
=item *
version
=back
=head1 INCOMPATIBILITIES
None reported.
=head1 BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
No bugs have been reported.
Please report any bugs or feature requests to
C<bug-log-stdlog@rt.cpan.org>, or through the web interface at
L<http://rt.cpan.org>.
=head1 AUTHOR
Damian Conway C<< <DCONWAY@cpan.org> >>
=head1 LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2005, Damian Conway C<< <DCONWAY@cpan.org> >>. All rights reserved.
This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
=head1 DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
BECAUSE THIS SOFTWARE IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY
FOR THE SOFTWARE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN
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EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
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