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1 root 1.1 =head1 NAME
2    
3     AnyEvent::Log - simple logging "framework"
4    
5     =head1 SYNOPSIS
6    
7 root 1.25 Simple uses:
8 root 1.24
9 root 1.8 use AnyEvent;
10    
11     AE::log debug => "hit my knee";
12     AE::log warn => "it's a bit too hot";
13     AE::log error => "the flag was false!";
14 root 1.23 AE::log fatal => "the bit toggled! run!"; # never returns
15 root 1.8
16 root 1.25 "Complex" uses (for speed sensitive code):
17 root 1.24
18 root 1.1 use AnyEvent::Log;
19    
20 root 1.8 my $tracer = AnyEvent::Log::logger trace => \$my $trace;
21    
22     $tracer->("i am here") if $trace;
23     $tracer->(sub { "lots of data: " . Dumper $self }) if $trace;
24    
25 root 1.25 Configuration (also look at the EXAMPLES section):
26 root 1.10
27 root 1.18 # set logging for the current package to errors and higher only
28 root 1.16 AnyEvent::Log::ctx->level ("error");
29 root 1.10
30 root 1.23 # set logging level to suppress anything below "notice"
31 root 1.18 $AnyEvent::Log::FILTER->level ("notice");
32 root 1.10
33 root 1.23 # send all critical and higher priority messages to syslog,
34     # regardless of (most) other settings
35     $AnyEvent::Log::COLLECT->attach (new AnyEvent::Log::Ctx
36     level => "critical",
37     log_to_syslog => 0,
38     );
39    
40 root 1.1 =head1 DESCRIPTION
41    
42 root 1.2 This module implements a relatively simple "logging framework". It doesn't
43     attempt to be "the" logging solution or even "a" logging solution for
44     AnyEvent - AnyEvent simply creates logging messages internally, and this
45     module more or less exposes the mechanism, with some extra spiff to allow
46     using it from other modules as well.
47    
48 root 1.20 Remember that the default verbosity level is C<0> (C<off>), so nothing
49     will be logged, unless you set C<PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE> to a higher number
50     before starting your program, or change the logging level at runtime with
51 root 1.9 something like:
52 root 1.2
53 root 1.18 use AnyEvent::Log;
54 root 1.34 $AnyEvent::Log::FILTER->level ("info");
55 root 1.2
56 root 1.10 The design goal behind this module was to keep it simple (and small),
57     but make it powerful enough to be potentially useful for any module, and
58     extensive enough for the most common tasks, such as logging to multiple
59     targets, or being able to log into a database.
60    
61 root 1.36 The module is also usable before AnyEvent itself is initialised, in which
62     case some of the functionality might be reduced.
63    
64 root 1.33 The amount of documentation might indicate otherwise, but the runtime part
65     of the module is still just below 300 lines of code.
66 root 1.18
67     =head1 LOGGING LEVELS
68    
69     Logging levels in this module range from C<1> (highest priority) to C<9>
70     (lowest priority). Note that the lowest numerical value is the highest
71     priority, so when this document says "higher priority" it means "lower
72     numerical value".
73    
74     Instead of specifying levels by name you can also specify them by aliases:
75    
76     LVL NAME SYSLOG PERL NOTE
77     1 fatal emerg exit aborts program!
78     2 alert
79     3 critical crit
80     4 error err die
81     5 warn warning
82     6 note notice
83     7 info
84     8 debug
85     9 trace
86    
87     As you can see, some logging levels have multiple aliases - the first one
88     is the "official" name, the second one the "syslog" name (if it differs)
89     and the third one the "perl" name, suggesting that you log C<die> messages
90     at C<error> priority.
91    
92     You can normally only log a single message at highest priority level
93     (C<1>, C<fatal>), because logging a fatal message will also quit the
94     program - so use it sparingly :)
95    
96     Some methods also offer some extra levels, such as C<0>, C<off>, C<none>
97     or C<all> - these are only valid in the methods they are documented for.
98 root 1.14
99 root 1.9 =head1 LOGGING FUNCTIONS
100 root 1.2
101     These functions allow you to log messages. They always use the caller's
102 root 1.18 package as a "logging context". Also, the main logging function C<log> is
103 root 1.7 callable as C<AnyEvent::log> or C<AE::log> when the C<AnyEvent> module is
104     loaded.
105 root 1.1
106     =over 4
107    
108     =cut
109    
110     package AnyEvent::Log;
111    
112 root 1.2 use Carp ();
113 root 1.1 use POSIX ();
114    
115     use AnyEvent (); BEGIN { AnyEvent::common_sense }
116 root 1.37 #use AnyEvent::Util (); need to load this in a delayed fashion, as it uses AE::log
117 root 1.1
118 root 1.14 our $VERSION = $AnyEvent::VERSION;
119    
120 root 1.18 our ($COLLECT, $FILTER, $LOG);
121    
122 root 1.2 our ($now_int, $now_str1, $now_str2);
123    
124     # Format Time, not public - yet?
125     sub ft($) {
126     my $i = int $_[0];
127     my $f = sprintf "%06d", 1e6 * ($_[0] - $i);
128    
129     ($now_int, $now_str1, $now_str2) = ($i, split /\x01/, POSIX::strftime "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.\x01 %z", localtime $i)
130     if $now_int != $i;
131    
132     "$now_str1$f$now_str2"
133     }
134    
135 root 1.18 our %CTX; # all package contexts
136 root 1.3
137 root 1.8 # creates a default package context object for the given package
138     sub _pkg_ctx($) {
139 root 1.10 my $ctx = bless [$_[0], (1 << 10) - 1 - 1, {}], "AnyEvent::Log::Ctx";
140 root 1.8
141     # link "parent" package
142 root 1.18 my $parent = $_[0] =~ /^(.+)::/
143     ? $CTX{$1} ||= &_pkg_ctx ("$1")
144     : $COLLECT;
145 root 1.8
146 root 1.18 $ctx->[2]{$parent+0} = $parent;
147 root 1.8
148     $ctx
149     }
150    
151 root 1.2 =item AnyEvent::Log::log $level, $msg[, @args]
152    
153 root 1.22 Requests logging of the given C<$msg> with the given log level, and
154     returns true if the message was logged I<somewhere>.
155 root 1.2
156     For C<fatal> log levels, the program will abort.
157    
158     If only a C<$msg> is given, it is logged as-is. With extra C<@args>, the
159     C<$msg> is interpreted as an sprintf format string.
160    
161     The C<$msg> should not end with C<\n>, but may if that is convenient for
162     you. Also, multiline messages are handled properly.
163    
164 root 1.3 Last not least, C<$msg> might be a code reference, in which case it is
165     supposed to return the message. It will be called only then the message
166     actually gets logged, which is useful if it is costly to create the
167     message in the first place.
168 root 1.2
169     Whether the given message will be logged depends on the maximum log level
170 root 1.22 and the caller's package. The return value can be used to ensure that
171     messages or not "lost" - for example, when L<AnyEvent::Debug> detects a
172     runtime error it tries to log it at C<die> level, but if that message is
173     lost it simply uses warn.
174 root 1.2
175     Note that you can (and should) call this function as C<AnyEvent::log> or
176 root 1.8 C<AE::log>, without C<use>-ing this module if possible (i.e. you don't
177     need any additional functionality), as those functions will load the
178     logging module on demand only. They are also much shorter to write.
179    
180 root 1.11 Also, if you optionally generate a lot of debug messages (such as when
181 root 1.8 tracing some code), you should look into using a logger callback and a
182     boolean enabler (see C<logger>, below).
183 root 1.2
184 root 1.3 Example: log something at error level.
185    
186     AE::log error => "something";
187    
188     Example: use printf-formatting.
189    
190     AE::log info => "%5d %-10.10s %s", $index, $category, $msg;
191    
192     Example: only generate a costly dump when the message is actually being logged.
193    
194     AE::log debug => sub { require Data::Dump; Data::Dump::dump \%cache };
195    
196 root 1.2 =cut
197    
198     # also allow syslog equivalent names
199     our %STR2LEVEL = (
200 root 1.18 fatal => 1, emerg => 1, exit => 1,
201 root 1.2 alert => 2,
202     critical => 3, crit => 3,
203 root 1.18 error => 4, err => 4, die => 4,
204 root 1.2 warn => 5, warning => 5,
205     note => 6, notice => 6,
206     info => 7,
207     debug => 8,
208     trace => 9,
209     );
210    
211 root 1.4 sub now () { time }
212 root 1.10
213 root 1.4 AnyEvent::post_detect {
214     *now = \&AE::now;
215     };
216    
217 root 1.2 our @LEVEL2STR = qw(0 fatal alert crit error warn note info debug trace);
218    
219 root 1.8 # time, ctx, level, msg
220     sub _format($$$$) {
221 root 1.11 my $ts = ft $_[0];
222     my $ct = " ";
223    
224 root 1.10 my @res;
225 root 1.8
226 root 1.10 for (split /\n/, sprintf "%-5s %s: %s", $LEVEL2STR[$_[2]], $_[1][0], $_[3]) {
227 root 1.11 push @res, "$ts$ct$_\n";
228     $ct = " + ";
229 root 1.10 }
230    
231     join "", @res
232 root 1.8 }
233    
234 root 1.3 sub _log {
235 root 1.8 my ($ctx, $level, $format, @args) = @_;
236 root 1.2
237 root 1.11 $level = $level > 0 && $level <= 9
238     ? $level+0
239     : $STR2LEVEL{$level} || Carp::croak "$level: not a valid logging level, caught";
240 root 1.2
241 root 1.8 my $mask = 1 << $level;
242 root 1.2
243 root 1.22 my ($success, %seen, @ctx, $now, $fmt);
244 root 1.8
245 root 1.11 do
246     {
247     # skip if masked
248     if ($ctx->[1] & $mask && !$seen{$ctx+0}++) {
249     if ($ctx->[3]) {
250     # logging target found
251    
252     # now get raw message, unless we have it already
253     unless ($now) {
254     $format = $format->() if ref $format;
255     $format = sprintf $format, @args if @args;
256     $format =~ s/\n$//;
257 root 1.31 $now = now;
258 root 1.11 };
259    
260     # format msg
261     my $str = $ctx->[4]
262     ? $ctx->[4]($now, $_[0], $level, $format)
263 root 1.20 : ($fmt ||= _format $now, $_[0], $level, $format);
264 root 1.11
265 root 1.22 $success = 1;
266    
267 root 1.21 $ctx->[3]($str)
268 root 1.18 or push @ctx, values %{ $ctx->[2] }; # not consumed - propagate
269     } else {
270     push @ctx, values %{ $ctx->[2] }; # not masked - propagate
271 root 1.11 }
272     }
273 root 1.8 }
274 root 1.11 while $ctx = pop @ctx;
275 root 1.2
276     exit 1 if $level <= 1;
277 root 1.22
278     $success
279 root 1.2 }
280    
281 root 1.3 sub log($$;@) {
282 root 1.8 _log
283     $CTX{ (caller)[0] } ||= _pkg_ctx +(caller)[0],
284     @_;
285 root 1.3 }
286    
287 root 1.2 *AnyEvent::log = *AE::log = \&log;
288    
289 root 1.3 =item $logger = AnyEvent::Log::logger $level[, \$enabled]
290    
291     Creates a code reference that, when called, acts as if the
292 root 1.22 C<AnyEvent::Log::log> function was called at this point with the given
293 root 1.3 level. C<$logger> is passed a C<$msg> and optional C<@args>, just as with
294     the C<AnyEvent::Log::log> function:
295    
296     my $debug_log = AnyEvent::Log::logger "debug";
297    
298     $debug_log->("debug here");
299     $debug_log->("%06d emails processed", 12345);
300     $debug_log->(sub { $obj->as_string });
301    
302     The idea behind this function is to decide whether to log before actually
303     logging - when the C<logger> function is called once, but the returned
304     logger callback often, then this can be a tremendous speed win.
305    
306     Despite this speed advantage, changes in logging configuration will
307     still be reflected by the logger callback, even if configuration changes
308     I<after> it was created.
309    
310     To further speed up logging, you can bind a scalar variable to the logger,
311     which contains true if the logger should be called or not - if it is
312     false, calling the logger can be safely skipped. This variable will be
313     updated as long as C<$logger> is alive.
314    
315     Full example:
316    
317     # near the init section
318     use AnyEvent::Log;
319    
320     my $debug_log = AnyEvent:Log::logger debug => \my $debug;
321    
322     # and later in your program
323     $debug_log->("yo, stuff here") if $debug;
324    
325     $debug and $debug_log->("123");
326    
327     =cut
328    
329     our %LOGGER;
330    
331     # re-assess logging status for all loggers
332     sub _reassess {
333 root 1.17 local $SIG{__DIE__};
334     my $die = sub { die };
335    
336 root 1.3 for (@_ ? $LOGGER{$_[0]} : values %LOGGER) {
337 root 1.8 my ($ctx, $level, $renabled) = @$_;
338 root 1.3
339 root 1.17 # to detect whether a message would be logged, we actually
340 root 1.11 # try to log one and die. this isn't fast, but we can be
341 root 1.3 # sure that the logging decision is correct :)
342    
343     $$renabled = !eval {
344 root 1.17 _log $ctx, $level, $die;
345 root 1.3
346     1
347     };
348     }
349     }
350    
351 root 1.15 sub _logger {
352 root 1.8 my ($ctx, $level, $renabled) = @_;
353 root 1.3
354     $$renabled = 1;
355    
356 root 1.8 my $logger = [$ctx, $level, $renabled];
357 root 1.3
358     $LOGGER{$logger+0} = $logger;
359    
360     _reassess $logger+0;
361    
362 root 1.37 require AnyEvent::Util;
363     my $guard = AnyEvent::Util::guard (sub {
364 root 1.3 # "clean up"
365     delete $LOGGER{$logger+0};
366 root 1.37 });
367 root 1.3
368     sub {
369     $guard if 0; # keep guard alive, but don't cause runtime overhead
370    
371 root 1.8 _log $ctx, $level, @_
372 root 1.3 if $$renabled;
373     }
374     }
375    
376 root 1.8 sub logger($;$) {
377     _logger
378     $CTX{ (caller)[0] } ||= _pkg_ctx +(caller)[0],
379     @_
380     }
381    
382 root 1.2 =back
383    
384 root 1.9 =head1 LOGGING CONTEXTS
385 root 1.2
386 root 1.9 This module associates every log message with a so-called I<logging
387     context>, based on the package of the caller. Every perl package has its
388     own logging context.
389 root 1.8
390 root 1.10 A logging context has three major responsibilities: filtering, logging and
391     propagating the message.
392 root 1.9
393 root 1.10 For the first purpose, filtering, each context has a set of logging
394     levels, called the log level mask. Messages not in the set will be ignored
395     by this context (masked).
396    
397     For logging, the context stores a formatting callback (which takes the
398     timestamp, context, level and string message and formats it in the way
399     it should be logged) and a logging callback (which is responsible for
400     actually logging the formatted message and telling C<AnyEvent::Log>
401     whether it has consumed the message, or whether it should be propagated).
402 root 1.9
403 root 1.18 For propagation, a context can have any number of attached I<slave
404 root 1.10 contexts>. Any message that is neither masked by the logging mask nor
405 root 1.18 masked by the logging callback returning true will be passed to all slave
406 root 1.10 contexts.
407 root 1.9
408 root 1.11 Each call to a logging function will log the message at most once per
409     context, so it does not matter (much) if there are cycles or if the
410     message can arrive at the same context via multiple paths.
411    
412 root 1.9 =head2 DEFAULTS
413    
414 root 1.10 By default, all logging contexts have an full set of log levels ("all"), a
415 root 1.9 disabled logging callback and the default formatting callback.
416    
417     Package contexts have the package name as logging title by default.
418    
419 root 1.18 They have exactly one slave - the context of the "parent" package. The
420 root 1.9 parent package is simply defined to be the package name without the last
421     component, i.e. C<AnyEvent::Debug::Wrapped> becomes C<AnyEvent::Debug>,
422 root 1.18 and C<AnyEvent> becomes ... C<$AnyEvent::Log::COLLECT> which is the
423     exception of the rule - just like the "parent" of any single-component
424     package name in Perl is C<main>, the default slave of any top-level
425     package context is C<$AnyEvent::Log::COLLECT>.
426 root 1.9
427 root 1.18 Since perl packages form only an approximate hierarchy, this slave
428 root 1.9 context can of course be removed.
429    
430 root 1.18 All other (anonymous) contexts have no slaves and an empty title by
431 root 1.9 default.
432    
433 root 1.18 When the module is loaded it creates the C<$AnyEvent::Log::LOG> logging
434     context that simply logs everything via C<warn>, without propagating
435     anything anywhere by default. The purpose of this context is to provide
436 root 1.12 a convenient place to override the global logging target or to attach
437     additional log targets. It's not meant for filtering.
438    
439 root 1.18 It then creates the C<$AnyEvent::Log::FILTER> context whose
440     purpose is to suppress all messages with priority higher
441     than C<$ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE}>. It then attached the
442     C<$AnyEvent::Log::LOG> context to it. The purpose of the filter context
443     is to simply provide filtering according to some global log level.
444    
445     Finally it creates the top-level package context C<$AnyEvent::Log::COLLECT>
446     and attaches the C<$AnyEvent::Log::FILTER> context to it, but otherwise
447     leaves it at default config. Its purpose is simply to collect all log
448     messages system-wide.
449    
450     The hierarchy is then:
451    
452     any package, eventually -> $COLLECT -> $FILTER -> $LOG
453    
454     The effect of all this is that log messages, by default, wander up to the
455     C<$AnyEvent::Log::COLLECT> context where all messages normally end up,
456     from there to C<$AnyEvent::Log::FILTER> where log messages with lower
457     priority then C<$ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE}> will be filtered out and then
458     to the C<$AnyEvent::Log::LOG> context to be passed to C<warn>.
459    
460     This makes it easy to set a global logging level (by modifying $FILTER),
461     but still allow other contexts to send, for example, their debug and trace
462     messages to the $LOG target despite the global logging level, or to attach
463     additional log targets that log messages, regardless of the global logging
464     level.
465    
466     It also makes it easy to modify the default warn-logger ($LOG) to
467     something that logs to a file, or to attach additional logging targets
468     (such as loggign to a file) by attaching it to $FILTER.
469 root 1.9
470 root 1.11 =head2 CREATING/FINDING/DESTROYING CONTEXTS
471 root 1.2
472     =over 4
473    
474 root 1.8 =item $ctx = AnyEvent::Log::ctx [$pkg]
475    
476 root 1.9 This function creates or returns a logging context (which is an object).
477 root 1.8
478 root 1.9 If a package name is given, then the context for that packlage is
479     returned. If it is called without any arguments, then the context for the
480     callers package is returned (i.e. the same context as a C<AE::log> call
481     would use).
482 root 1.8
483     If C<undef> is given, then it creates a new anonymous context that is not
484     tied to any package and is destroyed when no longer referenced.
485    
486     =cut
487    
488     sub ctx(;$) {
489     my $pkg = @_ ? shift : (caller)[0];
490    
491     ref $pkg
492     ? $pkg
493     : defined $pkg
494     ? $CTX{$pkg} ||= AnyEvent::Log::_pkg_ctx $pkg
495 root 1.10 : bless [undef, (1 << 10) - 1 - 1], "AnyEvent::Log::Ctx"
496 root 1.8 }
497    
498 root 1.11 =item AnyEvent::Log::reset
499    
500 root 1.16 Resets all package contexts and recreates the default hierarchy if
501     necessary, i.e. resets the logging subsystem to defaults, as much as
502     possible. This process keeps references to contexts held by other parts of
503     the program intact.
504 root 1.11
505     This can be used to implement config-file (re-)loading: before loading a
506     configuration, reset all contexts.
507    
508     =cut
509    
510     sub reset {
511 root 1.15 # hard to kill complex data structures
512 root 1.19 # we "recreate" all package loggers and reset the hierarchy
513 root 1.15 while (my ($k, $v) = each %CTX) {
514     @$v = ($k, (1 << 10) - 1 - 1, { });
515    
516 root 1.19 $v->attach ($k =~ /^(.+)::/ ? $CTX{$1} : $AnyEvent::Log::COLLECT);
517 root 1.15 }
518 root 1.11
519 root 1.19 @$_ = ($_->[0], (1 << 10) - 1 - 1)
520     for $LOG, $FILTER, $COLLECT;
521    
522 root 1.35 #$LOG->slaves;
523 root 1.18 $LOG->title ('$AnyEvent::Log::LOG');
524 root 1.27 $LOG->log_to_warn;
525 root 1.15
526 root 1.18 $FILTER->slaves ($LOG);
527     $FILTER->title ('$AnyEvent::Log::FILTER');
528     $FILTER->level ($AnyEvent::VERBOSE);
529    
530     $COLLECT->slaves ($FILTER);
531 root 1.19 $COLLECT->title ('$AnyEvent::Log::COLLECT');
532 root 1.15
533     _reassess;
534 root 1.11 }
535    
536 root 1.15 # create the default logger contexts
537 root 1.18 $LOG = ctx undef;
538     $FILTER = ctx undef;
539     $COLLECT = ctx undef;
540 root 1.15
541 root 1.11 AnyEvent::Log::reset;
542    
543 root 1.12 # hello, CPAN, please catch me
544 root 1.18 package AnyEvent::Log::LOG;
545     package AE::Log::LOG;
546     package AnyEvent::Log::FILTER;
547     package AE::Log::FILTER;
548     package AnyEvent::Log::COLLECT;
549     package AE::Log::COLLECT;
550 root 1.8
551 root 1.12 package AnyEvent::Log::Ctx;
552    
553 root 1.18 # 0 1 2 3 4
554     # [$title, $level, %$slaves, &$logcb, &$fmtcb]
555 root 1.12
556     =item $ctx = new AnyEvent::Log::Ctx methodname => param...
557    
558     This is a convenience constructor that makes it simpler to construct
559     anonymous logging contexts.
560    
561     Each key-value pair results in an invocation of the method of the same
562     name as the key with the value as parameter, unless the value is an
563     arrayref, in which case it calls the method with the contents of the
564     array. The methods are called in the same order as specified.
565    
566     Example: create a new logging context and set both the default logging
567 root 1.18 level, some slave contexts and a logging callback.
568 root 1.12
569     $ctx = new AnyEvent::Log::Ctx
570     title => "dubious messages",
571     level => "error",
572     log_cb => sub { print STDOUT shift; 0 },
573 root 1.18 slaves => [$ctx1, $ctx, $ctx2],
574 root 1.12 ;
575    
576 root 1.9 =back
577    
578     =cut
579    
580 root 1.12 sub new {
581     my $class = shift;
582    
583     my $ctx = AnyEvent::Log::ctx undef;
584    
585     while (@_) {
586     my ($k, $v) = splice @_, 0, 2;
587     $ctx->$k (ref $v eq "ARRAY" ? @$v : $v);
588     }
589    
590     bless $ctx, $class # do we really support subclassing, hmm?
591     }
592 root 1.8
593    
594 root 1.9 =head2 CONFIGURING A LOG CONTEXT
595    
596     The following methods can be used to configure the logging context.
597    
598     =over 4
599    
600 root 1.8 =item $ctx->title ([$new_title])
601    
602     Returns the title of the logging context - this is the package name, for
603     package contexts, and a user defined string for all others.
604    
605     If C<$new_title> is given, then it replaces the package name or title.
606    
607     =cut
608    
609     sub title {
610     $_[0][0] = $_[1] if @_ > 1;
611     $_[0][0]
612     }
613    
614 root 1.9 =back
615    
616     =head3 LOGGING LEVELS
617    
618 root 1.10 The following methods deal with the logging level set associated with the
619     log context.
620 root 1.9
621     The most common method to use is probably C<< $ctx->level ($level) >>,
622     which configures the specified and any higher priority levels.
623    
624 root 1.10 All functions which accept a list of levels also accept the special string
625     C<all> which expands to all logging levels.
626    
627 root 1.9 =over 4
628    
629 root 1.8 =item $ctx->levels ($level[, $level...)
630    
631 root 1.10 Enables logging for the given levels and disables it for all others.
632 root 1.8
633     =item $ctx->level ($level)
634    
635     Enables logging for the given level and all lower level (higher priority)
636 root 1.10 ones. In addition to normal logging levels, specifying a level of C<0> or
637     C<off> disables all logging for this level.
638 root 1.8
639     Example: log warnings, errors and higher priority messages.
640    
641     $ctx->level ("warn");
642     $ctx->level (5); # same thing, just numeric
643    
644     =item $ctx->enable ($level[, $level...])
645    
646     Enables logging for the given levels, leaving all others unchanged.
647 root 1.5
648 root 1.8 =item $ctx->disable ($level[, $level...])
649    
650     Disables logging for the given levels, leaving all others unchanged.
651    
652     =cut
653    
654     sub _lvl_lst {
655 root 1.10 map {
656     $_ > 0 && $_ <= 9 ? $_+0
657     : $_ eq "all" ? (1 .. 9)
658     : $STR2LEVEL{$_} || Carp::croak "$_: not a valid logging level, caught"
659     } @_
660 root 1.8 }
661    
662     our $NOP_CB = sub { 0 };
663    
664     sub levels {
665     my $ctx = shift;
666     $ctx->[1] = 0;
667     $ctx->[1] |= 1 << $_
668     for &_lvl_lst;
669     AnyEvent::Log::_reassess;
670     }
671    
672     sub level {
673     my $ctx = shift;
674 root 1.10 my $lvl = $_[0] =~ /^(?:0|off|none)$/ ? 0 : (_lvl_lst $_[0])[-1];
675    
676 root 1.8 $ctx->[1] = ((1 << $lvl) - 1) << 1;
677     AnyEvent::Log::_reassess;
678     }
679    
680     sub enable {
681     my $ctx = shift;
682     $ctx->[1] |= 1 << $_
683     for &_lvl_lst;
684     AnyEvent::Log::_reassess;
685     }
686    
687     sub disable {
688     my $ctx = shift;
689     $ctx->[1] &= ~(1 << $_)
690     for &_lvl_lst;
691     AnyEvent::Log::_reassess;
692     }
693    
694 root 1.9 =back
695    
696 root 1.18 =head3 SLAVE CONTEXTS
697 root 1.9
698     The following methods attach and detach another logging context to a
699     logging context.
700    
701 root 1.18 Log messages are propagated to all slave contexts, unless the logging
702 root 1.9 callback consumes the message.
703    
704     =over 4
705    
706 root 1.8 =item $ctx->attach ($ctx2[, $ctx3...])
707    
708 root 1.18 Attaches the given contexts as slaves to this context. It is not an error
709 root 1.8 to add a context twice (the second add will be ignored).
710    
711     A context can be specified either as package name or as a context object.
712    
713     =item $ctx->detach ($ctx2[, $ctx3...])
714    
715 root 1.18 Removes the given slaves from this context - it's not an error to attempt
716 root 1.8 to remove a context that hasn't been added.
717    
718     A context can be specified either as package name or as a context object.
719 root 1.5
720 root 1.18 =item $ctx->slaves ($ctx2[, $ctx3...])
721 root 1.11
722 root 1.18 Replaces all slaves attached to this context by the ones given.
723 root 1.11
724 root 1.2 =cut
725    
726 root 1.8 sub attach {
727     my $ctx = shift;
728    
729     $ctx->[2]{$_+0} = $_
730     for map { AnyEvent::Log::ctx $_ } @_;
731     }
732    
733     sub detach {
734     my $ctx = shift;
735    
736     delete $ctx->[2]{$_+0}
737     for map { AnyEvent::Log::ctx $_ } @_;
738     }
739    
740 root 1.18 sub slaves {
741 root 1.11 undef $_[0][2];
742     &attach;
743     }
744    
745 root 1.9 =back
746    
747 root 1.18 =head3 LOG TARGETS
748 root 1.9
749     The following methods configure how the logging context actually does
750 root 1.10 the logging (which consists of formatting the message and printing it or
751 root 1.18 whatever it wants to do with it).
752 root 1.9
753     =over 4
754    
755 root 1.21 =item $ctx->log_cb ($cb->($str)
756 root 1.5
757 root 1.8 Replaces the logging callback on the context (C<undef> disables the
758     logging callback).
759 root 1.5
760 root 1.8 The logging callback is responsible for handling formatted log messages
761     (see C<fmt_cb> below) - normally simple text strings that end with a
762 root 1.21 newline (and are possibly multiline themselves).
763 root 1.8
764     It also has to return true iff it has consumed the log message, and false
765     if it hasn't. Consuming a message means that it will not be sent to any
766 root 1.18 slave context. When in doubt, return C<0> from your logging callback.
767 root 1.8
768     Example: a very simple logging callback, simply dump the message to STDOUT
769     and do not consume it.
770    
771     $ctx->log_cb (sub { print STDERR shift; 0 });
772    
773 root 1.10 You can filter messages by having a log callback that simply returns C<1>
774     and does not do anything with the message, but this counts as "message
775     being logged" and might not be very efficient.
776    
777     Example: propagate all messages except for log levels "debug" and
778     "trace". The messages will still be generated, though, which can slow down
779     your program.
780    
781     $ctx->levels ("debug", "trace");
782     $ctx->log_cb (sub { 1 }); # do not log, but eat debug and trace messages
783    
784 root 1.20 =item $ctx->fmt_cb ($fmt_cb->($timestamp, $orig_ctx, $level, $message))
785 root 1.8
786 root 1.10 Replaces the formatting callback on the context (C<undef> restores the
787 root 1.8 default formatter).
788    
789     The callback is passed the (possibly fractional) timestamp, the original
790 root 1.18 logging context, the (numeric) logging level and the raw message string
791     and needs to return a formatted log message. In most cases this will be a
792     string, but it could just as well be an array reference that just stores
793     the values.
794    
795 root 1.26 If, for some reason, you want to use C<caller> to find out more baout the
796 root 1.18 logger then you should walk up the call stack until you are no longer
797     inside the C<AnyEvent::Log> package.
798 root 1.8
799     Example: format just the raw message, with numeric log level in angle
800     brackets.
801    
802     $ctx->fmt_cb (sub {
803     my ($time, $ctx, $lvl, $msg) = @_;
804    
805     "<$lvl>$msg\n"
806     });
807    
808     Example: return an array reference with just the log values, and use
809     C<PApp::SQL::sql_exec> to store the emssage in a database.
810    
811     $ctx->fmt_cb (sub { \@_ });
812     $ctx->log_cb (sub {
813     my ($msg) = @_;
814    
815     sql_exec "insert into log (when, subsys, prio, msg) values (?, ?, ?, ?)",
816     $msg->[0] + 0,
817     "$msg->[1]",
818     $msg->[2] + 0,
819     "$msg->[3]";
820    
821     0
822     });
823    
824 root 1.27 =item $ctx->log_to_warn
825    
826     Sets the C<log_cb> to simply use C<CORE::warn> to report any messages
827     (usually this logs to STDERR).
828    
829 root 1.21 =item $ctx->log_to_file ($path)
830    
831     Sets the C<log_cb> to log to a file (by appending), unbuffered.
832    
833     =item $ctx->log_to_path ($path)
834    
835     Same as C<< ->log_to_file >>, but opens the file for each message. This
836     is much slower, but allows you to change/move/rename/delete the file at
837     basically any time.
838    
839 root 1.27 Needless(?) to say, if you do not want to be bitten by some evil person
840     calling C<chdir>, the path should be absolute. Doesn't help with
841     C<chroot>, but hey...
842    
843 root 1.21 =item $ctx->log_to_syslog ([$log_flags])
844    
845     Logs all messages via L<Sys::Syslog>, mapping C<trace> to C<debug> and all
846     the others in the obvious way. If specified, then the C<$log_flags> are
847     simply or'ed onto the priority argument and can contain any C<LOG_xxx>
848     flags valid for Sys::Syslog::syslog, except for the priority levels.
849    
850     Note that this function also sets a C<fmt_cb> - the logging part requires
851     an array reference with [$level, $str] as input.
852    
853 root 1.8 =cut
854    
855     sub log_cb {
856     my ($ctx, $cb) = @_;
857 root 1.6
858 root 1.10 $ctx->[3] = $cb;
859 root 1.6 }
860 root 1.5
861 root 1.8 sub fmt_cb {
862     my ($ctx, $cb) = @_;
863 root 1.6
864 root 1.8 $ctx->[4] = $cb;
865 root 1.5 }
866    
867 root 1.27 sub log_to_warn {
868     my ($ctx, $path) = @_;
869    
870     $ctx->log_cb (sub {
871     warn shift;
872     0
873     });
874     }
875    
876 root 1.18 sub log_to_file {
877     my ($ctx, $path) = @_;
878    
879     open my $fh, ">>", $path
880     or die "$path: $!";
881    
882     $ctx->log_cb (sub {
883     syswrite $fh, shift;
884     0
885     });
886     }
887    
888 root 1.27 sub log_to_path {
889 root 1.18 my ($ctx, $path) = @_;
890    
891     $ctx->log_cb (sub {
892     open my $fh, ">>", $path
893     or die "$path: $!";
894    
895     syswrite $fh, shift;
896     0
897     });
898     }
899    
900 root 1.20 sub log_to_syslog {
901     my ($ctx, $flags) = @_;
902    
903     require Sys::Syslog;
904    
905 root 1.21 $ctx->fmt_cb (sub {
906     my $str = $_[3];
907     $str =~ s/\n(?=.)/\n+ /g;
908    
909     [$_[2], "($_[1][0]) $str"]
910     });
911    
912 root 1.20 $ctx->log_cb (sub {
913 root 1.21 my $lvl = $_[0][0] < 9 ? $_[0][0] : 8;
914 root 1.20
915     Sys::Syslog::syslog ($flags | ($lvl - 1), $_)
916 root 1.21 for split /\n/, $_[0][1];
917 root 1.20
918     0
919     });
920     }
921    
922 root 1.18 =back
923    
924     =head3 MESSAGE LOGGING
925    
926     These methods allow you to log messages directly to a context, without
927     going via your package context.
928    
929     =over 4
930    
931 root 1.8 =item $ctx->log ($level, $msg[, @params])
932    
933     Same as C<AnyEvent::Log::log>, but uses the given context as log context.
934    
935     =item $logger = $ctx->logger ($level[, \$enabled])
936    
937     Same as C<AnyEvent::Log::logger>, but uses the given context as log
938     context.
939    
940     =cut
941    
942     *log = \&AnyEvent::Log::_log;
943     *logger = \&AnyEvent::Log::_logger;
944    
945 root 1.27 =back
946    
947     =cut
948    
949     package AnyEvent::Log;
950    
951     =head1 CONFIGURATION VIA $ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG}
952    
953     Logging can also be configured by setting the environment variable
954     C<PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG> (or C<AE_LOG>).
955    
956     The value consists of one or more logging context specifications separated
957     by C<:> or whitespace. Each logging specification in turn starts with a
958     context name, followed by C<=>, followed by zero or more comma-separated
959     configuration directives, here are some examples:
960    
961     # set default logging level
962     filter=warn
963    
964     # log to file instead of to stderr
965     log=file=/tmp/mylog
966    
967     # log to file in addition to stderr
968     log=+%file:%file=file=/tmp/mylog
969    
970     # enable debug log messages, log warnings and above to syslog
971     filter=debug:log=+%warnings:%warnings=warn,syslog=LOG_LOCAL0
972    
973     # log trace messages (only) from AnyEvent::Debug to file
974     AnyEvent::Debug=+%trace:%trace=only,trace,file=/tmp/tracelog
975    
976     A context name in the log specification can be any of the following:
977    
978     =over 4
979    
980     =item C<collect>, C<filter>, C<log>
981    
982     Correspond to the three predefined C<$AnyEvent::Log::COLLECT>,
983     C<AnyEvent::Log::FILTER> and C<$AnyEvent::Log::LOG> contexts.
984    
985     =item C<%name>
986    
987     Context names starting with a C<%> are anonymous contexts created when the
988     name is first mentioned. The difference to package contexts is that by
989     default they have no attached slaves.
990    
991     =item a perl package name
992    
993     Any other string references the logging context associated with the given
994     Perl C<package>. In the unlikely case where you want to specify a package
995     context that matches on of the other context name forms, you can add a
996     C<::> to the package name to force interpretation as a package.
997    
998     =back
999    
1000     The configuration specifications can be any number of the following:
1001    
1002     =over 4
1003    
1004     =item C<stderr>
1005    
1006     Configures the context to use Perl's C<warn> function (which typically
1007     logs to C<STDERR>). Works like C<log_to_warn>.
1008    
1009     =item C<file=>I<path>
1010    
1011     Configures the context to log to a file with the given path. Works like
1012     C<log_to_file>.
1013    
1014     =item C<path=>I<path>
1015    
1016     Configures the context to log to a file with the given path. Works like
1017     C<log_to_path>.
1018    
1019     =item C<syslog> or C<syslog=>I<expr>
1020    
1021 root 1.32 Configures the context to log to syslog. If I<expr> is given, then it is
1022 root 1.27 evaluated in the L<Sys::Syslog> package, so you could use:
1023    
1024     log=syslog=LOG_LOCAL0
1025    
1026     =item C<nolog>
1027    
1028     Configures the context to not log anything by itself, which is the
1029     default. Same as C<< $ctx->log_cb (undef) >>.
1030    
1031     =item C<0> or C<off>
1032    
1033     Sets the logging level of the context ot C<0>, i.e. all messages will be
1034     filtered out.
1035    
1036     =item C<all>
1037    
1038     Enables all logging levels, i.e. filtering will effectively be switched
1039     off (the default).
1040    
1041     =item C<only>
1042    
1043     Disables all logging levels, and changes the interpretation of following
1044     level specifications to enable the specified level only.
1045    
1046     Example: only enable debug messages for a context.
1047    
1048     context=only,debug
1049    
1050     =item C<except>
1051    
1052     Enables all logging levels, and changes the interpretation of following
1053     level specifications to disable that level. Rarely used.
1054    
1055     Example: enable all logging levels except fatal and trace (this is rather
1056     nonsensical).
1057    
1058     filter=exept,fatal,trace
1059    
1060     =item C<level>
1061    
1062     Enables all logging levels, and changes the interpretation of following
1063     level specifications to be "that level or any higher priority
1064     message". This is the default.
1065    
1066     Example: log anything at or above warn level.
1067    
1068     filter=warn
1069    
1070     # or, more verbose
1071     filter=only,level,warn
1072    
1073 root 1.32 =item C<1>..C<9> or a logging level name (C<error>, C<debug> etc.)
1074 root 1.27
1075     A numeric loglevel or the name of a loglevel will be interpreted according
1076     to the most recent C<only>, C<except> or C<level> directive. By default,
1077     specifying a logging level enables that and any higher priority messages.
1078    
1079     =item C<+>I<context>
1080    
1081 root 1.32 Attaches the named context as slave to the context.
1082 root 1.27
1083     =item C<+>
1084    
1085 root 1.32 A line C<+> detaches all contexts, i.e. clears the slave list from the
1086     context. Anonymous (C<%name>) contexts have no attached slaves by default,
1087     but package contexts have the parent context as slave by default.
1088 root 1.27
1089     Example: log messages from My::Module to a file, do not send them to the
1090     default log collector.
1091    
1092     My::Module=+,file=/tmp/mymodulelog
1093 root 1.1
1094     =back
1095    
1096 root 1.30 Any character can be escaped by prefixing it with a C<\> (backslash), as
1097 root 1.33 usual, so to log to a file containing a comma, colon, backslash and some
1098     spaces in the filename, you would do this:
1099 root 1.30
1100     PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG='log=file=/some\ \:file\ with\,\ \\-escapes'
1101    
1102     Since whitespace (which includes newlines) is allowed, it is fine to
1103     specify multiple lines in C<PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG>, e.g.:
1104    
1105     PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG="
1106     filter=warn
1107     AnyEvent::Debug=+%trace
1108     %trace=only,trace,+log
1109     " myprog
1110    
1111     Also, in the unlikely case when you want to concatenate specifications,
1112     use whitespace as separator, as C<::> will be interpreted as part of a
1113     module name, an empty spec with two separators:
1114    
1115     PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG="$PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG MyMod=debug"
1116    
1117 root 1.27 =cut
1118    
1119     for (my $spec = $ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG}) {
1120     my %anon;
1121    
1122     my $pkg = sub {
1123 root 1.29 $_[0] eq "log" ? $LOG
1124     : $_[0] eq "filter" ? $FILTER
1125     : $_[0] eq "collect" ? $COLLECT
1126     : $_[0] =~ /^%(.+)$/ ? ($anon{$1} ||= ctx undef)
1127     : $_[0] =~ /^(.*?)(?:::)?$/ ? ctx "$1" # egad :/
1128     : die # never reached?
1129 root 1.27 };
1130    
1131 root 1.29 /\G[[:space:]]+/gc; # skip initial whitespace
1132    
1133     while (/\G((?:[^:=[:space:]]+|::|\\.)+)=/gc) {
1134 root 1.27 my $ctx = $pkg->($1);
1135     my $level = "level";
1136    
1137     while (/\G((?:[^,:[:space:]]+|::|\\.)+)/gc) {
1138     for ("$1") {
1139     if ($_ eq "stderr" ) { $ctx->log_to_warn;
1140     } elsif (/^file=(.+)/ ) { $ctx->log_to_file ("$1");
1141     } elsif (/^path=(.+)/ ) { $ctx->log_to_path ("$1");
1142     } elsif (/syslog(?:=(.*))?/ ) { require Sys::Syslog; $ctx->log_to_syslog (eval "package Sys::Syslog; $1");
1143     } elsif ($_ eq "nolog" ) { $ctx->log_cb (undef);
1144     } elsif (/^\+(.+)$/ ) { $ctx->attach ($pkg->("$1"));
1145     } elsif ($_ eq "+" ) { $ctx->slaves;
1146     } elsif ($_ eq "off" or $_ eq "0") { $ctx->level (0);
1147     } elsif ($_ eq "all" ) { $ctx->level ("all");
1148     } elsif ($_ eq "level" ) { $ctx->level ("all"); $level = "level";
1149     } elsif ($_ eq "only" ) { $ctx->level ("off"); $level = "enable";
1150     } elsif ($_ eq "except" ) { $ctx->level ("all"); $level = "disable";
1151     } elsif (/^\d$/ ) { $ctx->$level ($_);
1152     } elsif (exists $STR2LEVEL{$_} ) { $ctx->$level ($_);
1153     } else { die "PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG ($spec): parse error at '$_'\n";
1154     }
1155     }
1156    
1157     /\G,/gc or last;
1158     }
1159    
1160 root 1.29 /\G[:[:space:]]+/gc or last;
1161 root 1.27 }
1162    
1163 root 1.29 /\G[[:space:]]+/gc; # skip trailing whitespace
1164    
1165 root 1.27 if (/\G(.+)/g) {
1166     die "PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG ($spec): parse error at '$1'\n";
1167     }
1168     }
1169    
1170     1;
1171    
1172 root 1.12 =head1 EXAMPLES
1173    
1174 root 1.28 This section shows some common configurations, both as code, and as
1175     C<PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG> string.
1176 root 1.12
1177     =over 4
1178    
1179     =item Setting the global logging level.
1180    
1181 root 1.28 Either put C<PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE=><number> into your environment before
1182     running your program, use C<PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG> or modify the log level of
1183     the root context at runtime:
1184 root 1.12
1185     PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE=5 ./myprog
1186    
1187 root 1.28 PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG=log=warn
1188    
1189 root 1.18 $AnyEvent::Log::FILTER->level ("warn");
1190 root 1.12
1191     =item Append all messages to a file instead of sending them to STDERR.
1192    
1193     This is affected by the global logging level.
1194    
1195 root 1.28 $AnyEvent::Log::LOG->log_to_file ($path);
1196    
1197     PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG=log=file=/some/path
1198 root 1.12
1199     =item Write all messages with priority C<error> and higher to a file.
1200    
1201     This writes them only when the global logging level allows it, because
1202     it is attached to the default context which is invoked I<after> global
1203     filtering.
1204    
1205 root 1.18 $AnyEvent::Log::FILTER->attach
1206     new AnyEvent::Log::Ctx log_to_file => $path);
1207 root 1.12
1208 root 1.28 PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG=filter=+%filelogger:%filelogger=file=/some/path
1209    
1210 root 1.12 This writes them regardless of the global logging level, because it is
1211     attached to the toplevel context, which receives all messages I<before>
1212     the global filtering.
1213    
1214 root 1.18 $AnyEvent::Log::COLLECT->attach (
1215     new AnyEvent::Log::Ctx log_to_file => $path);
1216 root 1.12
1217 root 1.28 PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG=%filelogger=file=/some/path:collect=+%filelogger
1218    
1219 root 1.18 In both cases, messages are still written to STDERR.
1220 root 1.12
1221     =item Write trace messages (only) from L<AnyEvent::Debug> to the default logging target(s).
1222    
1223 root 1.18 Attach the C<$AnyEvent::Log::LOG> context to the C<AnyEvent::Debug>
1224     context - this simply circumvents the global filtering for trace messages.
1225 root 1.12
1226     my $debug = AnyEvent::Debug->AnyEvent::Log::ctx;
1227 root 1.18 $debug->attach ($AnyEvent::Log::LOG);
1228 root 1.12
1229 root 1.28 PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG=AnyEvent::Debug=+log
1230    
1231 root 1.18 This of course works for any package, not just L<AnyEvent::Debug>, but
1232     assumes the log level for AnyEvent::Debug hasn't been changed from the
1233     default.
1234 root 1.13
1235 root 1.12 =back
1236    
1237 root 1.1 =head1 AUTHOR
1238    
1239     Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
1240     http://home.schmorp.de/
1241    
1242     =cut
1243 root 1.28