NAME¶
Log::Any::Adapter::Development -- Manual for developing new Log::Any adapters
VERSION¶
version 0.11
SYNOPSIS¶
The adapter module:
package Log::Any::Adapter::YAL;
use strict;
use warnings;
use Log::Any::Adapter::Util qw(make_method);
use base qw(Log::Any::Adapter::Base);
# Optionally initialize object
#
sub init {
my ($self) = @_;
$self->{attr} = ...;
}
# Create logging methods: debug, info, etc.
#
foreach my $method ( Log::Any->logging_methods() ) {
make_method($method, sub { ... });
}
# Create detection methods: is_debug, is_info, etc.
#
foreach my $method ( Log::Any->detection_methods() ) {
make_method($method, sub { ... });
}
and the application:
Log::Any->set_adapter('YAL');
DESCRIPTION¶
This document describes how to implement a new Log::Any adapter.
The easiest way to start is to look at the source of existing adapters, such as
Log::Any::Adapter::Log4perl and Log::Any::Adapter::Dispatch.
NAMING¶
If you are going to publicly release your adapter, call it 'Log::Any::Adapter::
something' so that users can use it with
Log::Any->set_adapter(I<something>);
If it's an internal driver, you can call it whatever you like and use it like
Log::Any->set_adapter('+My::Log::Adapter');
BASE CLASS¶
All adapters must directly or indirectly inherit from Log::Any::Adapter::Base.
METHODS¶
Constructor¶
The constructor ("new") is provided by Log::Any::Adapter::Base. It
will:
- •
- place any adapter arguments into a hash, along with the category
- •
- bless the hash into your subclass
- •
- call "init" which may be optionally provided by your
subclass
At this point, overriding the default constructor is not supported. Hopefully it
will not be needed.
The constructor is called whenever a log object is requested. e.g. If the
application initializes Log::Any like so:
Log::Any->set_adapter('Log::YAL', yal_object => $yal, depth => 3);
and then a class requests a logger like so:
package Foo;
use Log::Any qw($log);
Then $log will be populated with the return value of:
Log::Any::Adapter::Yal->new(yal_object => $yal, depth => 3, category => 'Foo');
This is memoized, so if the same category should be requested again (e.g.
through a separate "get_logger" call, the same object will be
returned. Therefore, you should try to avoid anything non-deterministic in
your "init" function.
Required methods¶
The following methods have no default implementation, and MUST be defined by
your subclass:
- debug ($msg)
- info ($msg)
- notice ($msg)
- warning ($msg)
- error ($msg)
- critical ($msg)
- alert ($msg)
- emergency ($msg)
- These methods log a message at the specified level.
To help generate these methods programmatically, you can get a list of the
sub names with #__METHOD
Log::Any->logging_methods
- is_debug ()
- is_info ()
- is_notice ()
- is_warning ()
- is_error ()
- is_critical ()
- is_alert ()
- is_emergency ()
- These methods return a boolean indicating whether the specified level is
active.
To help generate these methods programmatically, you can get a list of the
sub names with #__METHOD
Log::Any->detection_methods
Optional methods¶
The following methods have no default implementation but MAY be provided by your
subclass:
- init ()
- This is called after the adapter object is created and blessed into your
class. It will be a hash containing the parameters that were passed to
new(). Perform any necessary validation or initialization
here.
Support methods¶
The following methods are useful for defining adapters:
- delegate_method_to_slot ($slot, $method, $adapter_method)
- Handle the specified $method by calling $adapter_method on the object
contained in $self->{$slot}.
See Log::Any::Adapter::Dispatch and Log::Any::Adapter::Log4perl for examples
of usage.
- Log::Any->logging_methods
- Returns a list of logging methods: debug, info, etc.
- Log::Any->detection_methods
- Returns a list of detection methods: is_debug, is_info, etc.
- Log::Any->logging_and_detection_methods
- Returns a combined list of logging and detection methods.
SEE ALSO¶
Log::Any
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE¶
This software is copyright (c) 2011 by Jonathan Swartz.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.