NAME

Misc::LogUtil - Simple logging utility with run-time context

SYNOPSIS

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

Or, to capture elapsed time:

  use Misc::LogUtil;
  use Misc::Stopwatch;
  my $sw = Misc::Stopwatch->new;
  my $log = Misc::LogUtil->new($sw);
  $sw->reset->start(); # Elapsed time starts now

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:

    Misc::Stopwatch
    Time::Piece
    Time::Regex::Strftime

DESCRIPTION

Log-file entries are formatted as:

   .--------------------------------------------- 1) Date and time
   |     .--------------------------------------- 2) Logging level
   |     |      .-------------------------------- 3) Filename and line number
   |     |      |           .-------------------- 4) Process ID, i.e., $$
   |     |      |           |       .------------ 5) Elapsed time
   |     |      |           |       |       .---- 6) Log Message
   |     |      |           |       |       |
   |     |      |           |       |       |
   v     v      v           v       v       v
  [...] [warn] <test.pl:5> [22933] [0.0229] ...

PUBLIC INTERFACE

new

Construct a new instance

where:

  $stopwatch  isa Misc::Stopwatch

This example will not abort:

  # Create a new instance
  use Misc::LogUtil;
  Misc::LogUtil->new();

debug

Write a debug message to the apache log

warn

Write a warning to the apache log

error

Write an error to the apache log

notice

Write a notice to the apache log

info

Write an informational message to the apache log

message

Write to the apache log

SEE ALSO

  Misc::Stopwatch

AUTHORS

    Ryan Gies <ryangies@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT

    Copyright (C) 2014-2016 by Ryan Gies. All rights reserved.
    Copyright (C) 2006-2013 by Livesite Networks, LLC. All rights reserved.
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cpanm Data::Hub

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Data::Hub