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