NAME

FlightRecorder - Structured Logging

ABSTRACT

Logging for Distributed Systems

SYNOPSIS

  package main;

  use FlightRecorder;

  my $f = FlightRecorder->new(
    auto => undef
  );

  # $f->begin('try');
  # $f->debug('something happened');
  # $f->end;

DESCRIPTION

This package provides a simple mechanism for logging events with context, serializing and distributing the event logs, and producing a transcript of activity to provide insight into the behavior of distributed systems.

INTEGRATES

This package integrates behaviors from:

Data::Object::Role::Pluggable

Data::Object::Role::Throwable

LIBRARIES

This package uses type constraints from:

Types::Standard

ATTRIBUTES

This package has the following attributes:

auto

  auto(Maybe[FileHandle])

This attribute is read-only, accepts (Maybe[FileHandle]) values, and is optional.

format

  format(Str)

This attribute is read-write, accepts (Str) values, and is optional.

head

  head(Str)

This attribute is read-only, accepts (Str) values, and is optional.

item

  item(HashRef)

This attribute is read-only, accepts (HashRef) values, and is optional.

level

  level(Enum[qw(debug info warn error fatal)])

This attribute is read-only, accepts (Enum[qw(debug info warn error fatal)]) values, and is optional.

logs

  logs(ArrayRef[HashRef])

This attribute is read-only, accepts (ArrayRef[HashRef]) values, and is optional.

refs

  refs(HashRef)

This attribute is read-only, accepts (HashRef) values, and is optional.

METHODS

This package implements the following methods:

begin

  begin(Str $label) : Object

The begin method creates and logs a new context.

begin example #1

  # given: synopsis

  $f->begin('test')

branch

  branch(Str $label) : Object

The branch method creates and returns a new FlightRecorder object which shares the event log with the parent object. This method creates a new context when called.

branch example #1

  # given: synopsis

  $f->begin('test')->branch('next')

count

  count(Maybe[Str] $level) : Int

The count method returns the total number of log entries, or the number of log entries matching the log level specified.

count example #1

  # given: synopsis

  $f->begin('try')->debug('something happened')->end;
  $f->count;

count example #2

  # given: synopsis

  $f->info('something happened');
  $f->count('info');

count example #3

  # given: synopsis

  $f->fatal('something happened');
  $f->count('fatal');

data

  data(HashRef[Str] $data) : Object

The data method associates arbitrary metadata with the last event.

data example #1

  # given: synopsis

  $f->debug('something happened')->data({
    error => 'unknown at ./example line 10'
  });

debug

  debug(Str @message) : Object

The debug method logs a debug level event with context.

debug example #1

  # given: synopsis

  $f->debug('something happened')

end

  end() : Object

The end method logs the end of the current context.

end example #1

  # given: synopsis

  $f->begin('main')->end

error

  error(Str @message) : Object

The error method logs an error level event with context.

error example #1

  # given: synopsis

  $f->error('something happened')

fatal

  fatal(Str @message) : Object

The fatal method logs a fatal level event with context.

fatal example #1

  # given: synopsis

  $f->fatal('something happened')

info

  info(Str @message) : Object

The info method logs an info level event with context.

info example #1

  # given: synopsis

  $f->info('something happened')

output

  output(FileHandle $handle) : Str

The output method outputs the last event using the format defined in the format attribute. This method is called automatically after each log-event if the auto attribute is set, which is by default set to STDOUT.

output example #1

  # given: synopsis

  $f->begin('test')->output

output example #2

  package main;

  use FlightRecorder;

  my $f = FlightRecorder->new;

  $f->begin('try');

  # $f->output

  $f->debug('something happened');

  # $f->output

  $f->end;

  # $f->output

report

  report(Str $name, Str $level) : Object

The report method loads and returns the specified report plugin.

report example #1

  # given: synopsis

  $f->report('verbose')

report example #2

  # given: synopsis

  $f->report('succinct', 'fatal')

reset

  reset() : Object

The reset method returns an object to its initial state.

reset example #1

  # given: synopsis

  $f->begin('try')->debug('something happened')->end;
  $f->reset;

reset example #2

  # given: synopsis

  $f->begin('try')->debug('something happened')->end;
  $f->branch('main')->switch('try')->fatal('something happened')->end;
  $f->reset;

serialize

  serialize() : HashRef

The serialize method normalizes and serializes the event log and returns it as a hashref.

serialize example #1

  # given: synopsis

  $f->begin('main')->serialize

simple

  simple() : Object

The simple method loads and returns the FlightRecorder::Plugin::ReportSimple report plugin.

simple example #1

  # given: synopsis

  $f->simple

succinct

  succinct() : Object

The succinct method loads and returns the FlightRecorder::Plugin::ReportSuccinct report plugin.

succinct example #1

  # given: synopsis

  $f->succinct

switch

  switch(Str $name) : Object

The switch method finds and sets the current context based on the name provided.

switch example #1

  # given: synopsis

  $f->begin('main')->begin('test')->switch('main')

verbose

  verbose() : Object

The verbose method loads and returns the FlightRecorder::Plugin::ReportVerbose report plugin.

verbose example #1

  # given: synopsis

  $f->verbose

warn

  warn(Str @message) : Object

The warn method logs a warn level event with context.

warn example #1

  # given: synopsis

  $f->warn('something happened')

AUTHOR

Al Newkirk, awncorp@cpan.org

LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2011-2019, Al Newkirk, et al.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the The Apache License, Version 2.0, as elucidated in the "license file".

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