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NAME

Log::Emitter - Simple logger

SYNOPSIS

  use Log::Emitter;

  # Log to STDERR
  my $log = Log::Emitter->new;

  # Customize log file location and minimum log level
  my $log = Log::Emitter->new(path => '/var/log/emitter.log', level => 'warn');

  # Log messages
  $log->debug('Not sure what is happening here');
  $log->info('FYI: it happened again');
  $log->warn('This might be a problem');
  $log->error('Garden variety error');
  $log->fatal('Boom');

DESCRIPTION

Log::Emitter is a simple logger based on Mojo::Log.

Log::Emitter is compatible with Log::Contextual for global logging.

  use Log::Emitter;
  use Log::Contextual ':log', 'set_logger', -levels => [qw(debug info warn error fatal)];
  set_logger(Log::Emitter->new);
  
  log_info { "Here's some info" };
  log_error { "Uh-oh, error occured" };

EVENTS

Log::Emitter composes all events from Role::EventEmitter in addition to emitting the following.

message

  $log->on(message => sub {
    my ($log, $level, @lines) = @_;
    ...
  });

Emitted when a new message gets logged.

  $log->unsubscribe('message');
  $log->on(message => sub {
    my ($log, $level, @lines) = @_;
    say "$level: ", @lines;
  });

ATTRIBUTES

Log::Emitter implements the following attributes.

format

  my $cb = $log->format;
  $log   = $log->format(sub {...});

A callback for formatting log messages.

  $log->format(sub {
    my ($time, $level, @lines) = @_;
    return "[Thu May 15 17:47:04 2014] [info] I ♥ Logging\n";
  });

handle

  my $handle = $log->handle;
  $log       = $log->handle(IO::Handle->new);

Log filehandle used by default "message" event, defaults to opening "path" or STDERR. Reset when "path" is set.

history

  my $history = $log->history;
  $log        = $log->history([[time, 'debug', 'That went wrong']]);

The last few logged messages.

level

  my $level = $log->level;
  $log      = $log->level('debug');

Active log level, defaults to debug. Available log levels are debug, info, warn, error and fatal, in that order. Note that the LOG_EMITTER_LEVEL environment variable can override this value.

max_history_size

  my $size = $log->max_history_size;
  $log     = $log->max_history_size(5);

Maximum number of logged messages to store in "history", defaults to 10.

path

  my $path = $log->path
  $log     = $log->path('/var/log/emitter.log');

Log file path used by "handle". Setting this attribute will reset "handle".

METHODS

Log::Emitter composes all methods from Role::EventEmitter in addition to the following.

new

  my $log = Log::Emitter->new;

Construct a new Log::Emitter object and subscribe to "message" event with default logger.

append

  $log->append("[Thu May 15 17:47:04 2014] [info] I ♥ Logging\n");

Append message to "handle".

debug

  $log = $log->debug('You screwed up, but that is ok');
  $log = $log->debug('All', 'cool');

Emit "message" event and log debug message.

error

  $log = $log->error('You really screwed up this time');
  $log = $log->error('Wow', 'seriously');

Emit "message" event and log error message.

fatal

  $log = $log->fatal('Its over...');
  $log = $log->fatal('Bye', 'bye');

Emit "message" event and log fatal message.

info

  $log = $log->info('You are bad, but you prolly know already');
  $log = $log->info('Ok', 'then');

Emit "message" event and log info message.

is_debug

  my $bool = $log->is_debug;

Check for debug log level.

is_error

  my $bool = $log->is_error;

Check for error log level.

is_fatal

  my $bool = $log->is_fatal;

Always true.

is_info

  my $bool = $log->is_info;

Check for info log level.

is_warn

  my $bool = $log->is_warn;

Check for warn log level.

warn

  $log = $log->warn('Dont do that Dave...');
  $log = $log->warn('No', 'really');

Emit "message" event and log warn message.

BUGS

Report any issues on the public bugtracker.

AUTHOR

Dan Book <dbook@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is Copyright (c) 2015 by Dan Book.

This is free software, licensed under:

  The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)

SEE ALSO

Mojo::Log, Log::Contextual