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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 (); need to load this in a delayed fashion, as it uses AE::log
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 require AnyEvent::Util;
363 my $guard = AnyEvent::Util::guard (sub {
364 # "clean up"
365 delete $LOGGER{$logger+0};
366 });
367
368 sub {
369 $guard if 0; # keep guard alive, but don't cause runtime overhead
370
371 _log $ctx, $level, @_
372 if $$renabled;
373 }
374 }
375
376 sub logger($;$) {
377 _logger
378 $CTX{ (caller)[0] } ||= _pkg_ctx +(caller)[0],
379 @_
380 }
381
382 =back
383
384 =head1 LOGGING CONTEXTS
385
386 This module associates every log message with a so-called I<logging
387 context>, based on the package of the caller. Every perl package has its
388 own logging context.
389
390 A logging context has three major responsibilities: filtering, logging and
391 propagating the message.
392
393 For the first purpose, filtering, each context has a set of logging
394 levels, called the log level mask. Messages not in the set will be ignored
395 by this context (masked).
396
397 For logging, the context stores a formatting callback (which takes the
398 timestamp, context, level and string message and formats it in the way
399 it should be logged) and a logging callback (which is responsible for
400 actually logging the formatted message and telling C<AnyEvent::Log>
401 whether it has consumed the message, or whether it should be propagated).
402
403 For propagation, a context can have any number of attached I<slave
404 contexts>. Any message that is neither masked by the logging mask nor
405 masked by the logging callback returning true will be passed to all slave
406 contexts.
407
408 Each call to a logging function will log the message at most once per
409 context, so it does not matter (much) if there are cycles or if the
410 message can arrive at the same context via multiple paths.
411
412 =head2 DEFAULTS
413
414 By default, all logging contexts have an full set of log levels ("all"), a
415 disabled logging callback and the default formatting callback.
416
417 Package contexts have the package name as logging title by default.
418
419 They have exactly one slave - the context of the "parent" package. The
420 parent package is simply defined to be the package name without the last
421 component, i.e. C<AnyEvent::Debug::Wrapped> becomes C<AnyEvent::Debug>,
422 and C<AnyEvent> becomes ... C<$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<$AnyEvent::Log::COLLECT>.
426
427 Since perl packages form only an approximate hierarchy, this slave
428 context can of course be removed.
429
430 All other (anonymous) contexts have no slaves and an empty title by
431 default.
432
433 When the module is loaded it creates the C<$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 a convenient place to override the global logging target or to attach
437 additional log targets. It's not meant for filtering.
438
439 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
470 =head2 CREATING/FINDING/DESTROYING CONTEXTS
471
472 =over 4
473
474 =item $ctx = AnyEvent::Log::ctx [$pkg]
475
476 This function creates or returns a logging context (which is an object).
477
478 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
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 $pkg
495 : bless [undef, (1 << 10) - 1 - 1], "AnyEvent::Log::Ctx"
496 }
497
498 =item AnyEvent::Log::reset
499
500 Resets all package contexts and recreates the default hierarchy if
501 necessary, i.e. resets the logging subsystem to defaults, as much as
502 possible. This process keeps references to contexts held by other parts of
503 the program intact.
504
505 This can be used to implement config-file (re-)loading: before loading a
506 configuration, reset all contexts.
507
508 =cut
509
510 sub reset {
511 # hard to kill complex data structures
512 # we "recreate" all package loggers and reset the hierarchy
513 while (my ($k, $v) = each %CTX) {
514 @$v = ($k, (1 << 10) - 1 - 1, { });
515
516 $v->attach ($k =~ /^(.+)::/ ? $CTX{$1} : $AnyEvent::Log::COLLECT);
517 }
518
519 @$_ = ($_->[0], (1 << 10) - 1 - 1)
520 for $LOG, $FILTER, $COLLECT;
521
522 #$LOG->slaves;
523 $LOG->title ('$AnyEvent::Log::LOG');
524 $LOG->log_to_warn;
525
526 $FILTER->slaves ($LOG);
527 $FILTER->title ('$AnyEvent::Log::FILTER');
528 $FILTER->level ($AnyEvent::VERBOSE);
529
530 $COLLECT->slaves ($FILTER);
531 $COLLECT->title ('$AnyEvent::Log::COLLECT');
532
533 _reassess;
534 }
535
536 # create the default logger contexts
537 $LOG = ctx undef;
538 $FILTER = ctx undef;
539 $COLLECT = ctx undef;
540
541 AnyEvent::Log::reset;
542
543 # hello, CPAN, please catch me
544 package AnyEvent::Log::LOG;
545 package AE::Log::LOG;
546 package AnyEvent::Log::FILTER;
547 package AE::Log::FILTER;
548 package AnyEvent::Log::COLLECT;
549 package AE::Log::COLLECT;
550
551 package AnyEvent::Log::Ctx;
552
553 # 0 1 2 3 4
554 # [$title, $level, %$slaves, &$logcb, &$fmtcb]
555
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 level, some slave contexts and a logging callback.
568
569 $ctx = new AnyEvent::Log::Ctx
570 title => "dubious messages",
571 level => "error",
572 log_cb => sub { print STDOUT shift; 0 },
573 slaves => [$ctx1, $ctx, $ctx2],
574 ;
575
576 =back
577
578 =cut
579
580 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
593
594 =head2 CONFIGURING A LOG CONTEXT
595
596 The following methods can be used to configure the logging context.
597
598 =over 4
599
600 =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 =back
615
616 =head3 LOGGING LEVELS
617
618 The following methods deal with the logging level set associated with the
619 log context.
620
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 All functions which accept a list of levels also accept the special string
625 C<all> which expands to all logging levels.
626
627 =over 4
628
629 =item $ctx->levels ($level[, $level...)
630
631 Enables logging for the given levels and disables it for all others.
632
633 =item $ctx->level ($level)
634
635 Enables logging for the given level and all lower level (higher priority)
636 ones. In addition to normal logging levels, specifying a level of C<0> or
637 C<off> disables all logging for this level.
638
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
648 =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 map {
656 $_ > 0 && $_ <= 9 ? $_+0
657 : $_ eq "all" ? (1 .. 9)
658 : $STR2LEVEL{$_} || Carp::croak "$_: not a valid logging level, caught"
659 } @_
660 }
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 my $lvl = $_[0] =~ /^(?:0|off|none)$/ ? 0 : (_lvl_lst $_[0])[-1];
675
676 $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 =back
695
696 =head3 SLAVE CONTEXTS
697
698 The following methods attach and detach another logging context to a
699 logging context.
700
701 Log messages are propagated to all slave contexts, unless the logging
702 callback consumes the message.
703
704 =over 4
705
706 =item $ctx->attach ($ctx2[, $ctx3...])
707
708 Attaches the given contexts as slaves to this context. It is not an error
709 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 Removes the given slaves from this context - it's not an error to attempt
716 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
720 =item $ctx->slaves ($ctx2[, $ctx3...])
721
722 Replaces all slaves attached to this context by the ones given.
723
724 =cut
725
726 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 sub slaves {
741 undef $_[0][2];
742 &attach;
743 }
744
745 =back
746
747 =head3 LOG TARGETS
748
749 The following methods configure how the logging context actually does
750 the logging (which consists of formatting the message and printing it or
751 whatever it wants to do with it).
752
753 =over 4
754
755 =item $ctx->log_cb ($cb->($str)
756
757 Replaces the logging callback on the context (C<undef> disables the
758 logging callback).
759
760 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 newline (and are possibly multiline themselves).
763
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 slave context. When in doubt, return C<0> from your logging callback.
767
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 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 =item $ctx->fmt_cb ($fmt_cb->($timestamp, $orig_ctx, $level, $message))
785
786 Replaces the formatting callback on the context (C<undef> restores the
787 default formatter).
788
789 The callback is passed the (possibly fractional) timestamp, the original
790 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 If, for some reason, you want to use C<caller> to find out more baout the
796 logger then you should walk up the call stack until you are no longer
797 inside the C<AnyEvent::Log> package.
798
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 =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 =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 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 =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, $str] as input.
852
853 =cut
854
855 sub log_cb {
856 my ($ctx, $cb) = @_;
857
858 $ctx->[3] = $cb;
859 }
860
861 sub fmt_cb {
862 my ($ctx, $cb) = @_;
863
864 $ctx->[4] = $cb;
865 }
866
867 sub log_to_warn {
868 my ($ctx, $path) = @_;
869
870 $ctx->log_cb (sub {
871 warn shift;
872 0
873 });
874 }
875
876 sub log_to_file {
877 my ($ctx, $path) = @_;
878
879 open my $fh, ">>", $path
880 or die "$path: $!";
881
882 $ctx->log_cb (sub {
883 syswrite $fh, shift;
884 0
885 });
886 }
887
888 sub log_to_path {
889 my ($ctx, $path) = @_;
890
891 $ctx->log_cb (sub {
892 open my $fh, ">>", $path
893 or die "$path: $!";
894
895 syswrite $fh, shift;
896 0
897 });
898 }
899
900 sub log_to_syslog {
901 my ($ctx, $flags) = @_;
902
903 require Sys::Syslog;
904
905 $ctx->fmt_cb (sub {
906 my $str = $_[3];
907 $str =~ s/\n(?=.)/\n+ /g;
908
909 [$_[2], "($_[1][0]) $str"]
910 });
911
912 $ctx->log_cb (sub {
913 my $lvl = $_[0][0] < 9 ? $_[0][0] : 8;
914
915 Sys::Syslog::syslog ($flags | ($lvl - 1), $_)
916 for split /\n/, $_[0][1];
917
918 0
919 });
920 }
921
922 =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 =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 =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 Configures the context to log to syslog. If I<expr> is given, then it is
1022 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 =item C<1>..C<9> or a logging level name (C<error>, C<debug> etc.)
1074
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 Attaches the named context as slave to the context.
1082
1083 =item C<+>
1084
1085 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
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
1094 =back
1095
1096 Any character can be escaped by prefixing it with a C<\> (backslash), as
1097 usual, so to log to a file containing a comma, colon, backslash and some
1098 spaces in the filename, you would do this:
1099
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 =cut
1118
1119 for (my $spec = $ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG}) {
1120 my %anon;
1121
1122 my $pkg = sub {
1123 $_[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 };
1130
1131 /\G[[:space:]]+/gc; # skip initial whitespace
1132
1133 while (/\G((?:[^:=[:space:]]+|::|\\.)+)=/gc) {
1134 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 '$_'\n";
1154 }
1155 }
1156
1157 /\G,/gc or last;
1158 }
1159
1160 /\G[:[:space:]]+/gc or last;
1161 }
1162
1163 /\G[[:space:]]+/gc; # skip trailing whitespace
1164
1165 if (/\G(.+)/g) {
1166 die "PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG ($spec): parse error at '$1'\n";
1167 }
1168 }
1169
1170 1;
1171
1172 =head1 EXAMPLES
1173
1174 This section shows some common configurations, both as code, and as
1175 C<PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG> string.
1176
1177 =over 4
1178
1179 =item Setting the global logging level.
1180
1181 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
1185 PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE=5 ./myprog
1186
1187 PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG=log=warn
1188
1189 $AnyEvent::Log::FILTER->level ("warn");
1190
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 $AnyEvent::Log::LOG->log_to_file ($path);
1196
1197 PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG=log=file=/some/path
1198
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 $AnyEvent::Log::FILTER->attach
1206 new AnyEvent::Log::Ctx log_to_file => $path);
1207
1208 PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG=filter=+%filelogger:%filelogger=file=/some/path
1209
1210 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 $AnyEvent::Log::COLLECT->attach (
1215 new AnyEvent::Log::Ctx log_to_file => $path);
1216
1217 PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG=%filelogger=file=/some/path:collect=+%filelogger
1218
1219 In both cases, messages are still written to STDERR.
1220
1221 =item Write trace messages (only) from L<AnyEvent::Debug> to the default logging target(s).
1222
1223 Attach the C<$AnyEvent::Log::LOG> context to the C<AnyEvent::Debug>
1224 context - this simply circumvents the global filtering for trace messages.
1225
1226 my $debug = AnyEvent::Debug->AnyEvent::Log::ctx;
1227 $debug->attach ($AnyEvent::Log::LOG);
1228
1229 PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG=AnyEvent::Debug=+log
1230
1231 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
1235 =back
1236
1237 =head1 AUTHOR
1238
1239 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
1240 http://home.schmorp.de/
1241
1242 =cut
1243