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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 fatal => "No config found, cannot continue!"; # never returns
12 AE::log alert => "The battery died!";
13 AE::log crit => "The battery temperature is too hot!";
14 AE::log error => "Division by zero attempted.";
15 AE::log warn => "Couldn't delete the file.";
16 AE::log note => "Wanted to create config, but config already exists.";
17 AE::log info => "File soandso successfully deleted.";
18 AE::log debug => "the function returned 3";
19 AE::log trace => "going to call function abc";
20
21 Log level overview:
22
23 LVL NAME SYSLOG PERL NOTE
24 1 fatal emerg exit system unusable, aborts program!
25 2 alert failure in primary system
26 3 critical crit failure in backup system
27 4 error err die non-urgent program errors, a bug
28 5 warn warning possible problem, not necessarily error
29 6 note notice unusual conditions
30 7 info normal messages, no action required
31 8 debug debugging messages for development
32 9 trace copious tracing output
33
34 "Complex" uses (for speed sensitive code, e.g. trace/debug messages):
35
36 use AnyEvent::Log;
37
38 my $tracer = AnyEvent::Log::logger trace => \$my $trace;
39
40 $tracer->("i am here") if $trace;
41 $tracer->(sub { "lots of data: " . Dumper $self }) if $trace;
42
43 Configuration (also look at the EXAMPLES section):
44
45 # set logging for the current package to errors and higher only
46 AnyEvent::Log::ctx->level ("error");
47
48 # set logging level to suppress anything below "notice"
49 $AnyEvent::Log::FILTER->level ("notice");
50
51 # send all critical and higher priority messages to syslog,
52 # regardless of (most) other settings
53 $AnyEvent::Log::COLLECT->attach (new AnyEvent::Log::Ctx
54 level => "critical",
55 log_to_syslog => "user",
56 );
57
58 =head1 DESCRIPTION
59
60 This module implements a relatively simple "logging framework". It doesn't
61 attempt to be "the" logging solution or even "a" logging solution for
62 AnyEvent - AnyEvent simply creates logging messages internally, and this
63 module more or less exposes the mechanism, with some extra spiff to allow
64 using it from other modules as well.
65
66 Remember that the default verbosity level is C<4> (C<error>), so only
67 errors and more important messages will be logged, unless you set
68 C<PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE> to a higher number before starting your program
69 (C<AE_VERBOSE=5> is recommended during development), or change the logging
70 level at runtime with something like:
71
72 use AnyEvent::Log;
73 $AnyEvent::Log::FILTER->level ("info");
74
75 The design goal behind this module was to keep it simple (and small),
76 but make it powerful enough to be potentially useful for any module, and
77 extensive enough for the most common tasks, such as logging to multiple
78 targets, or being able to log into a database.
79
80 The module is also usable before AnyEvent itself is initialised, in which
81 case some of the functionality might be reduced.
82
83 The amount of documentation might indicate otherwise, but the runtime part
84 of the module is still just below 300 lines of code.
85
86 =head1 LOGGING LEVELS
87
88 Logging levels in this module range from C<1> (highest priority) to C<9>
89 (lowest priority). Note that the lowest numerical value is the highest
90 priority, so when this document says "higher priority" it means "lower
91 numerical value".
92
93 Instead of specifying levels by name you can also specify them by aliases:
94
95 LVL NAME SYSLOG PERL NOTE
96 1 fatal emerg exit system unusable, aborts program!
97 2 alert failure in primary system
98 3 critical crit failure in backup system
99 4 error err die non-urgent program errors, a bug
100 5 warn warning possible problem, not necessarily error
101 6 note notice unusual conditions
102 7 info normal messages, no action required
103 8 debug debugging messages for development
104 9 trace copious tracing output
105
106 As you can see, some logging levels have multiple aliases - the first one
107 is the "official" name, the second one the "syslog" name (if it differs)
108 and the third one the "perl" name, suggesting (only!) that you log C<die>
109 messages at C<error> priority. The NOTE column tries to provide some
110 rationale on how to chose a logging level.
111
112 As a rough guideline, levels 1..3 are primarily meant for users of the
113 program (admins, staff), and are the only ones logged to STDERR by
114 default. Levels 4..6 are meant for users and developers alike, while
115 levels 7..9 are usually meant for developers.
116
117 You can normally only log a message once at highest priority level (C<1>,
118 C<fatal>), because logging a fatal message will also quit the program - so
119 use it sparingly :)
120
121 For example, a program that finds an unknown switch on the commandline
122 might well use a fatal logging level to tell users about it - the "system"
123 in this case would be the program, or module.
124
125 Some methods also offer some extra levels, such as C<0>, C<off>, C<none>
126 or C<all> - these are only valid for the methods that documented them.
127
128 =head1 LOGGING FUNCTIONS
129
130 The following functions allow you to log messages. They always use the
131 caller's package as a "logging context". Also, the main logging function,
132 C<log>, is aliased to C<AnyEvent::log> and C<AE::log> when the C<AnyEvent>
133 module is loaded.
134
135 =over 4
136
137 =cut
138
139 package AnyEvent::Log;
140
141 use Carp ();
142 use POSIX ();
143
144 # layout of a context
145 # 0 1 2 3 4, 5
146 # [$title, $level, %$slaves, &$logcb, &$fmtcb, $cap]
147
148 use AnyEvent (); BEGIN { AnyEvent::common_sense }
149 #use AnyEvent::Util (); need to load this in a delayed fashion, as it uses AE::log
150
151 our $VERSION = $AnyEvent::VERSION;
152
153 our ($COLLECT, $FILTER, $LOG);
154
155 our ($now_int, $now_str1, $now_str2);
156
157 # Format Time, not public - yet?
158 sub ft($) {
159 my $i = int $_[0];
160 my $f = sprintf "%06d", 1e6 * ($_[0] - $i);
161
162 ($now_int, $now_str1, $now_str2) = ($i, split /\x01/, POSIX::strftime "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.\x01 %z", localtime $i)
163 if $now_int != $i;
164
165 "$now_str1$f$now_str2"
166 }
167
168 our %CTX; # all package contexts
169
170 # creates a default package context object for the given package
171 sub _pkg_ctx($) {
172 my $ctx = bless [$_[0], (1 << 10) - 1 - 1, {}], "AnyEvent::Log::Ctx";
173
174 # link "parent" package
175 my $parent = $_[0] =~ /^(.+)::/
176 ? $CTX{$1} ||= &_pkg_ctx ("$1")
177 : $COLLECT;
178
179 $ctx->[2]{$parent+0} = $parent;
180
181 $ctx
182 }
183
184 =item AnyEvent::Log::log $level, $msg[, @args]
185
186 Requests logging of the given C<$msg> with the given log level, and
187 returns true if the message was logged I<somewhere>.
188
189 For loglevel C<fatal>, the program will abort.
190
191 If only a C<$msg> is given, it is logged as-is. With extra C<@args>, the
192 C<$msg> is interpreted as an sprintf format string.
193
194 The C<$msg> should not end with C<\n>, but may if that is convenient for
195 you. Also, multiline messages are handled properly.
196
197 Last not least, C<$msg> might be a code reference, in which case it is
198 supposed to return the message. It will be called only then the message
199 actually gets logged, which is useful if it is costly to create the
200 message in the first place.
201
202 This function takes care of saving and restoring C<$!> and C<$@>, so you
203 don't have to.
204
205 Whether the given message will be logged depends on the maximum log level
206 and the caller's package. The return value can be used to ensure that
207 messages or not "lost" - for example, when L<AnyEvent::Debug> detects a
208 runtime error it tries to log it at C<die> level, but if that message is
209 lost it simply uses warn.
210
211 Note that you can (and should) call this function as C<AnyEvent::log> or
212 C<AE::log>, without C<use>-ing this module if possible (i.e. you don't
213 need any additional functionality), as those functions will load the
214 logging module on demand only. They are also much shorter to write.
215
216 Also, if you optionally generate a lot of debug messages (such as when
217 tracing some code), you should look into using a logger callback and a
218 boolean enabler (see C<logger>, below).
219
220 Example: log something at error level.
221
222 AE::log error => "something";
223
224 Example: use printf-formatting.
225
226 AE::log info => "%5d %-10.10s %s", $index, $category, $msg;
227
228 Example: only generate a costly dump when the message is actually being logged.
229
230 AE::log debug => sub { require Data::Dump; Data::Dump::dump \%cache };
231
232 =cut
233
234 # also allow syslog equivalent names
235 our %STR2LEVEL = (
236 fatal => 1, emerg => 1, exit => 1,
237 alert => 2,
238 critical => 3, crit => 3,
239 error => 4, err => 4, die => 4,
240 warn => 5, warning => 5,
241 note => 6, notice => 6,
242 info => 7,
243 debug => 8,
244 trace => 9,
245 );
246
247 our $TIME_EXACT;
248
249 sub exact_time($) {
250 $TIME_EXACT = shift;
251 *_ts = $AnyEvent::MODEL
252 ? $TIME_EXACT ? \&AE::now : \&AE::time
253 : sub () { $TIME_EXACT ? do { require Time::HiRes; Time::HiRes::time () } : time };
254 }
255
256 BEGIN {
257 exact_time 0;
258 }
259
260 AnyEvent::post_detect {
261 exact_time $TIME_EXACT;
262 };
263
264 our @LEVEL2STR = qw(0 fatal alert crit error warn note info debug trace);
265
266 # time, ctx, level, msg
267 sub _format($$$$) {
268 my $ts = ft $_[0];
269 my $ct = " ";
270
271 my @res;
272
273 for (split /\n/, sprintf "%-5s %s: %s", $LEVEL2STR[$_[2]], $_[1][0], $_[3]) {
274 push @res, "$ts$ct$_\n";
275 $ct = " + ";
276 }
277
278 join "", @res
279 }
280
281 sub fatal_exit() {
282 exit 1;
283 }
284
285 sub _log {
286 my ($ctx, $level, $format, @args) = @_;
287
288 $level = $level > 0 && $level <= 9
289 ? $level+0
290 : $STR2LEVEL{$level} || Carp::croak "$level: not a valid logging level, caught";
291
292 my $mask = 1 << $level;
293
294 my ($success, %seen, @ctx, $now, @fmt);
295
296 do
297 {
298 # if !ref, then it's a level number
299 if (!ref $ctx) {
300 $level = $ctx;
301 } elsif ($ctx->[1] & $mask and !$seen{$ctx+0}++) {
302 # logging/recursing into this context
303
304 # level cap
305 if ($ctx->[5] > $level) {
306 push @ctx, $level; # restore level when going up in tree
307 $level = $ctx->[5];
308 }
309
310 # log if log cb
311 if ($ctx->[3]) {
312 # logging target found
313
314 local ($!, $@);
315
316 # now get raw message, unless we have it already
317 unless ($now) {
318 $format = $format->() if ref $format;
319 $format = sprintf $format, @args if @args;
320 $format =~ s/\n$//;
321 $now = _ts;
322 };
323
324 # format msg
325 my $str = $ctx->[4]
326 ? $ctx->[4]($now, $_[0], $level, $format)
327 : ($fmt[$level] ||= _format $now, $_[0], $level, $format);
328
329 $success = 1;
330
331 $ctx->[3]($str)
332 or push @ctx, values %{ $ctx->[2] }; # not consumed - propagate
333 } else {
334 push @ctx, values %{ $ctx->[2] }; # not masked - propagate
335 }
336 }
337 }
338 while $ctx = pop @ctx;
339
340 fatal_exit if $level <= 1;
341
342 $success
343 }
344
345 sub log($$;@) {
346 _log
347 $CTX{ (caller)[0] } ||= _pkg_ctx +(caller)[0],
348 @_;
349 }
350
351 =item $logger = AnyEvent::Log::logger $level[, \$enabled]
352
353 Creates a code reference that, when called, acts as if the
354 C<AnyEvent::Log::log> function was called at this point with the given
355 level. C<$logger> is passed a C<$msg> and optional C<@args>, just as with
356 the C<AnyEvent::Log::log> function:
357
358 my $debug_log = AnyEvent::Log::logger "debug";
359
360 $debug_log->("debug here");
361 $debug_log->("%06d emails processed", 12345);
362 $debug_log->(sub { $obj->as_string });
363
364 The idea behind this function is to decide whether to log before actually
365 logging - when the C<logger> function is called once, but the returned
366 logger callback often, then this can be a tremendous speed win.
367
368 Despite this speed advantage, changes in logging configuration will
369 still be reflected by the logger callback, even if configuration changes
370 I<after> it was created.
371
372 To further speed up logging, you can bind a scalar variable to the logger,
373 which contains true if the logger should be called or not - if it is
374 false, calling the logger can be safely skipped. This variable will be
375 updated as long as C<$logger> is alive.
376
377 Full example:
378
379 # near the init section
380 use AnyEvent::Log;
381
382 my $debug_log = AnyEvent:Log::logger debug => \my $debug;
383
384 # and later in your program
385 $debug_log->("yo, stuff here") if $debug;
386
387 $debug and $debug_log->("123");
388
389 =cut
390
391 our %LOGGER;
392
393 # re-assess logging status for all loggers
394 sub _reassess {
395 local $SIG{__DIE__};
396 my $die = sub { die };
397
398 for (@_ ? $LOGGER{$_[0]} : values %LOGGER) {
399 my ($ctx, $level, $renabled) = @$_;
400
401 # to detect whether a message would be logged, we actually
402 # try to log one and die. this isn't fast, but we can be
403 # sure that the logging decision is correct :)
404
405 $$renabled = !eval {
406 _log $ctx, $level, $die;
407
408 1
409 };
410 }
411 }
412
413 sub _logger {
414 my ($ctx, $level, $renabled) = @_;
415
416 $$renabled = 1;
417
418 my $logger = [$ctx, $level, $renabled];
419
420 $LOGGER{$logger+0} = $logger;
421
422 _reassess $logger+0;
423
424 require AnyEvent::Util unless $AnyEvent::Util::VERSION;
425 my $guard = AnyEvent::Util::guard (sub {
426 # "clean up"
427 delete $LOGGER{$logger+0};
428 });
429
430 sub {
431 $guard if 0; # keep guard alive, but don't cause runtime overhead
432
433 _log $ctx, $level, @_
434 if $$renabled;
435 }
436 }
437
438 sub logger($;$) {
439 _logger
440 $CTX{ (caller)[0] } ||= _pkg_ctx +(caller)[0],
441 @_
442 }
443
444 =item AnyEvent::Log::exact_time $on
445
446 By default, C<AnyEvent::Log> will use C<AE::now>, i.e. the cached
447 eventloop time, for the log timestamps. After calling this function with a
448 true value it will instead resort to C<AE::time>, i.e. fetch the current
449 time on each log message. This only makes a difference for event loops
450 that actually cache the time (such as L<EV> or L<AnyEvent::Loop>).
451
452 This setting can be changed at any time by calling this function.
453
454 Since C<AnyEvent::Log> has to work even before the L<AnyEvent> has been
455 initialised, this switch will also decide whether to use C<CORE::time> or
456 C<Time::HiRes::time> when logging a message before L<AnyEvent> becomes
457 available.
458
459 =back
460
461 =head1 LOGGING CONTEXTS
462
463 This module associates every log message with a so-called I<logging
464 context>, based on the package of the caller. Every perl package has its
465 own logging context.
466
467 A logging context has three major responsibilities: filtering, logging and
468 propagating the message.
469
470 For the first purpose, filtering, each context has a set of logging
471 levels, called the log level mask. Messages not in the set will be ignored
472 by this context (masked).
473
474 For logging, the context stores a formatting callback (which takes the
475 timestamp, context, level and string message and formats it in the way
476 it should be logged) and a logging callback (which is responsible for
477 actually logging the formatted message and telling C<AnyEvent::Log>
478 whether it has consumed the message, or whether it should be propagated).
479
480 For propagation, a context can have any number of attached I<slave
481 contexts>. Any message that is neither masked by the logging mask nor
482 masked by the logging callback returning true will be passed to all slave
483 contexts.
484
485 Each call to a logging function will log the message at most once per
486 context, so it does not matter (much) if there are cycles or if the
487 message can arrive at the same context via multiple paths.
488
489 =head2 DEFAULTS
490
491 By default, all logging contexts have an full set of log levels ("all"), a
492 disabled logging callback and the default formatting callback.
493
494 Package contexts have the package name as logging title by default.
495
496 They have exactly one slave - the context of the "parent" package. The
497 parent package is simply defined to be the package name without the last
498 component, i.e. C<AnyEvent::Debug::Wrapped> becomes C<AnyEvent::Debug>,
499 and C<AnyEvent> becomes ... C<$AnyEvent::Log::COLLECT> which is the
500 exception of the rule - just like the "parent" of any single-component
501 package name in Perl is C<main>, the default slave of any top-level
502 package context is C<$AnyEvent::Log::COLLECT>.
503
504 Since perl packages form only an approximate hierarchy, this slave
505 context can of course be removed.
506
507 All other (anonymous) contexts have no slaves and an empty title by
508 default.
509
510 When the module is loaded it creates the C<$AnyEvent::Log::LOG> logging
511 context that simply logs everything via C<warn>, without propagating
512 anything anywhere by default. The purpose of this context is to provide
513 a convenient place to override the global logging target or to attach
514 additional log targets. It's not meant for filtering.
515
516 It then creates the C<$AnyEvent::Log::FILTER> context whose
517 purpose is to suppress all messages with priority higher
518 than C<$ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE}>. It then attached the
519 C<$AnyEvent::Log::LOG> context to it. The purpose of the filter context
520 is to simply provide filtering according to some global log level.
521
522 Finally it creates the top-level package context C<$AnyEvent::Log::COLLECT>
523 and attaches the C<$AnyEvent::Log::FILTER> context to it, but otherwise
524 leaves it at default config. Its purpose is simply to collect all log
525 messages system-wide.
526
527 The hierarchy is then:
528
529 any package, eventually -> $COLLECT -> $FILTER -> $LOG
530
531 The effect of all this is that log messages, by default, wander up to the
532 C<$AnyEvent::Log::COLLECT> context where all messages normally end up,
533 from there to C<$AnyEvent::Log::FILTER> where log messages with lower
534 priority then C<$ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE}> will be filtered out and then
535 to the C<$AnyEvent::Log::LOG> context to be passed to C<warn>.
536
537 This makes it easy to set a global logging level (by modifying $FILTER),
538 but still allow other contexts to send, for example, their debug and trace
539 messages to the $LOG target despite the global logging level, or to attach
540 additional log targets that log messages, regardless of the global logging
541 level.
542
543 It also makes it easy to modify the default warn-logger ($LOG) to
544 something that logs to a file, or to attach additional logging targets
545 (such as loggign to a file) by attaching it to $FILTER.
546
547 =head2 CREATING/FINDING/DESTROYING CONTEXTS
548
549 =over 4
550
551 =item $ctx = AnyEvent::Log::ctx [$pkg]
552
553 This function creates or returns a logging context (which is an object).
554
555 If a package name is given, then the context for that packlage is
556 returned. If it is called without any arguments, then the context for the
557 callers package is returned (i.e. the same context as a C<AE::log> call
558 would use).
559
560 If C<undef> is given, then it creates a new anonymous context that is not
561 tied to any package and is destroyed when no longer referenced.
562
563 =cut
564
565 sub ctx(;$) {
566 my $pkg = @_ ? shift : (caller)[0];
567
568 ref $pkg
569 ? $pkg
570 : defined $pkg
571 ? $CTX{$pkg} ||= AnyEvent::Log::_pkg_ctx $pkg
572 : bless [undef, (1 << 10) - 1 - 1], "AnyEvent::Log::Ctx"
573 }
574
575 =item AnyEvent::Log::reset
576
577 Resets all package contexts and recreates the default hierarchy if
578 necessary, i.e. resets the logging subsystem to defaults, as much as
579 possible. This process keeps references to contexts held by other parts of
580 the program intact.
581
582 This can be used to implement config-file (re-)loading: before loading a
583 configuration, reset all contexts.
584
585 =cut
586
587 our $ORIG_VERBOSE = $AnyEvent::VERBOSE;
588 $AnyEvent::VERBOSE = 9;
589
590 sub reset {
591 # hard to kill complex data structures
592 # we "recreate" all package loggers and reset the hierarchy
593 while (my ($k, $v) = each %CTX) {
594 @$v = ($k, (1 << 10) - 1 - 1, { });
595
596 $v->attach ($k =~ /^(.+)::/ ? $CTX{$1} : $AnyEvent::Log::COLLECT);
597 }
598
599 @$_ = ($_->[0], (1 << 10) - 1 - 1)
600 for $LOG, $FILTER, $COLLECT;
601
602 #$LOG->slaves;
603 $LOG->title ('$AnyEvent::Log::LOG');
604 $LOG->log_to_warn;
605
606 $FILTER->slaves ($LOG);
607 $FILTER->title ('$AnyEvent::Log::FILTER');
608 $FILTER->level ($ORIG_VERBOSE);
609
610 $COLLECT->slaves ($FILTER);
611 $COLLECT->title ('$AnyEvent::Log::COLLECT');
612
613 _reassess;
614 }
615
616 # override AE::log/logger
617 *AnyEvent::log = *AE::log = \&log;
618 *AnyEvent::logger = *AE::logger = \&logger;
619
620 # convert AnyEvent loggers to AnyEvent::Log loggers
621 $_->[0] = ctx $_->[0] # convert "pkg" to "ctx"
622 for values %LOGGER;
623
624 # create the default logger contexts
625 $LOG = ctx undef;
626 $FILTER = ctx undef;
627 $COLLECT = ctx undef;
628
629 AnyEvent::Log::reset;
630
631 # hello, CPAN, please catch me
632 package AnyEvent::Log::LOG;
633 package AE::Log::LOG;
634 package AnyEvent::Log::FILTER;
635 package AE::Log::FILTER;
636 package AnyEvent::Log::COLLECT;
637 package AE::Log::COLLECT;
638
639 package AnyEvent::Log::Ctx;
640
641 =item $ctx = new AnyEvent::Log::Ctx methodname => param...
642
643 This is a convenience constructor that makes it simpler to construct
644 anonymous logging contexts.
645
646 Each key-value pair results in an invocation of the method of the same
647 name as the key with the value as parameter, unless the value is an
648 arrayref, in which case it calls the method with the contents of the
649 array. The methods are called in the same order as specified.
650
651 Example: create a new logging context and set both the default logging
652 level, some slave contexts and a logging callback.
653
654 $ctx = new AnyEvent::Log::Ctx
655 title => "dubious messages",
656 level => "error",
657 log_cb => sub { print STDOUT shift; 0 },
658 slaves => [$ctx1, $ctx, $ctx2],
659 ;
660
661 =back
662
663 =cut
664
665 sub new {
666 my $class = shift;
667
668 my $ctx = AnyEvent::Log::ctx undef;
669
670 while (@_) {
671 my ($k, $v) = splice @_, 0, 2;
672 $ctx->$k (ref $v eq "ARRAY" ? @$v : $v);
673 }
674
675 bless $ctx, $class # do we really support subclassing, hmm?
676 }
677
678
679 =head2 CONFIGURING A LOG CONTEXT
680
681 The following methods can be used to configure the logging context.
682
683 =over 4
684
685 =item $ctx->title ([$new_title])
686
687 Returns the title of the logging context - this is the package name, for
688 package contexts, and a user defined string for all others.
689
690 If C<$new_title> is given, then it replaces the package name or title.
691
692 =cut
693
694 sub title {
695 $_[0][0] = $_[1] if @_ > 1;
696 $_[0][0]
697 }
698
699 =back
700
701 =head3 LOGGING LEVELS
702
703 The following methods deal with the logging level set associated with the
704 log context.
705
706 The most common method to use is probably C<< $ctx->level ($level) >>,
707 which configures the specified and any higher priority levels.
708
709 All functions which accept a list of levels also accept the special string
710 C<all> which expands to all logging levels.
711
712 =over 4
713
714 =item $ctx->levels ($level[, $level...)
715
716 Enables logging for the given levels and disables it for all others.
717
718 =item $ctx->level ($level)
719
720 Enables logging for the given level and all lower level (higher priority)
721 ones. In addition to normal logging levels, specifying a level of C<0> or
722 C<off> disables all logging for this level.
723
724 Example: log warnings, errors and higher priority messages.
725
726 $ctx->level ("warn");
727 $ctx->level (5); # same thing, just numeric
728
729 =item $ctx->enable ($level[, $level...])
730
731 Enables logging for the given levels, leaving all others unchanged.
732
733 =item $ctx->disable ($level[, $level...])
734
735 Disables logging for the given levels, leaving all others unchanged.
736
737 =item $ctx->cap ($level)
738
739 Caps the maximum priority to the given level, for all messages logged
740 to, or passing through, this context. That is, while this doesn't affect
741 whether a message is logged or passed on, the maximum priority of messages
742 will be limited to the specified level - messages with a higher priority
743 will be set to the specified priority.
744
745 Another way to view this is that C<< ->level >> filters out messages with
746 a too low priority, while C<< ->cap >> modifies messages with a too high
747 priority.
748
749 This is useful when different log targets have different interpretations
750 of priority. For example, for a specific command line program, a wrong
751 command line switch might well result in a C<fatal> log message, while the
752 same message, logged to syslog, is likely I<not> fatal to the system or
753 syslog facility as a whole, but more likely a mere C<error>.
754
755 This can be modeled by having a stderr logger that logs messages "as-is"
756 and a syslog logger that logs messages with a level cap of, say, C<error>,
757 or, for truly system-critical components, actually C<critical>.
758
759 =cut
760
761 sub _lvl_lst {
762 map {
763 $_ > 0 && $_ <= 9 ? $_+0
764 : $_ eq "all" ? (1 .. 9)
765 : $STR2LEVEL{$_} || Carp::croak "$_: not a valid logging level, caught"
766 } @_
767 }
768
769 sub _lvl {
770 $_[0] =~ /^(?:0|off|none)$/ ? 0 : (_lvl_lst $_[0])[-1]
771 }
772
773 our $NOP_CB = sub { 0 };
774
775 sub levels {
776 my $ctx = shift;
777 $ctx->[1] = 0;
778 $ctx->[1] |= 1 << $_
779 for &_lvl_lst;
780 AnyEvent::Log::_reassess;
781 }
782
783 sub level {
784 my $ctx = shift;
785 $ctx->[1] = ((1 << &_lvl) - 1) << 1;
786 AnyEvent::Log::_reassess;
787 }
788
789 sub enable {
790 my $ctx = shift;
791 $ctx->[1] |= 1 << $_
792 for &_lvl_lst;
793 AnyEvent::Log::_reassess;
794 }
795
796 sub disable {
797 my $ctx = shift;
798 $ctx->[1] &= ~(1 << $_)
799 for &_lvl_lst;
800 AnyEvent::Log::_reassess;
801 }
802
803 sub cap {
804 my $ctx = shift;
805 $ctx->[5] = &_lvl;
806 }
807
808 =back
809
810 =head3 SLAVE CONTEXTS
811
812 The following methods attach and detach another logging context to a
813 logging context.
814
815 Log messages are propagated to all slave contexts, unless the logging
816 callback consumes the message.
817
818 =over 4
819
820 =item $ctx->attach ($ctx2[, $ctx3...])
821
822 Attaches the given contexts as slaves to this context. It is not an error
823 to add a context twice (the second add will be ignored).
824
825 A context can be specified either as package name or as a context object.
826
827 =item $ctx->detach ($ctx2[, $ctx3...])
828
829 Removes the given slaves from this context - it's not an error to attempt
830 to remove a context that hasn't been added.
831
832 A context can be specified either as package name or as a context object.
833
834 =item $ctx->slaves ($ctx2[, $ctx3...])
835
836 Replaces all slaves attached to this context by the ones given.
837
838 =cut
839
840 sub attach {
841 my $ctx = shift;
842
843 $ctx->[2]{$_+0} = $_
844 for map { AnyEvent::Log::ctx $_ } @_;
845 }
846
847 sub detach {
848 my $ctx = shift;
849
850 delete $ctx->[2]{$_+0}
851 for map { AnyEvent::Log::ctx $_ } @_;
852 }
853
854 sub slaves {
855 undef $_[0][2];
856 &attach;
857 }
858
859 =back
860
861 =head3 LOG TARGETS
862
863 The following methods configure how the logging context actually does
864 the logging (which consists of formatting the message and printing it or
865 whatever it wants to do with it).
866
867 =over 4
868
869 =item $ctx->log_cb ($cb->($str))
870
871 Replaces the logging callback on the context (C<undef> disables the
872 logging callback).
873
874 The logging callback is responsible for handling formatted log messages
875 (see C<fmt_cb> below) - normally simple text strings that end with a
876 newline (and are possibly multiline themselves).
877
878 It also has to return true iff it has consumed the log message, and false
879 if it hasn't. Consuming a message means that it will not be sent to any
880 slave context. When in doubt, return C<0> from your logging callback.
881
882 Example: a very simple logging callback, simply dump the message to STDOUT
883 and do not consume it.
884
885 $ctx->log_cb (sub { print STDERR shift; 0 });
886
887 You can filter messages by having a log callback that simply returns C<1>
888 and does not do anything with the message, but this counts as "message
889 being logged" and might not be very efficient.
890
891 Example: propagate all messages except for log levels "debug" and
892 "trace". The messages will still be generated, though, which can slow down
893 your program.
894
895 $ctx->levels ("debug", "trace");
896 $ctx->log_cb (sub { 1 }); # do not log, but eat debug and trace messages
897
898 =item $ctx->fmt_cb ($fmt_cb->($timestamp, $orig_ctx, $level, $message))
899
900 Replaces the formatting callback on the context (C<undef> restores the
901 default formatter).
902
903 The callback is passed the (possibly fractional) timestamp, the original
904 logging context (object, not title), the (numeric) logging level and
905 the raw message string and needs to return a formatted log message. In
906 most cases this will be a string, but it could just as well be an array
907 reference that just stores the values.
908
909 If, for some reason, you want to use C<caller> to find out more about the
910 logger then you should walk up the call stack until you are no longer
911 inside the C<AnyEvent::Log> package.
912
913 Example: format just the raw message, with numeric log level in angle
914 brackets.
915
916 $ctx->fmt_cb (sub {
917 my ($time, $ctx, $lvl, $msg) = @_;
918
919 "<$lvl>$msg\n"
920 });
921
922 Example: return an array reference with just the log values, and use
923 C<PApp::SQL::sql_exec> to store the message in a database.
924
925 $ctx->fmt_cb (sub { \@_ });
926 $ctx->log_cb (sub {
927 my ($msg) = @_;
928
929 sql_exec "insert into log (when, subsys, prio, msg) values (?, ?, ?, ?)",
930 $msg->[0] + 0,
931 "$msg->[1]",
932 $msg->[2] + 0,
933 "$msg->[3]";
934
935 0
936 });
937
938 =item $ctx->log_to_warn
939
940 Sets the C<log_cb> to simply use C<CORE::warn> to report any messages
941 (usually this logs to STDERR).
942
943 =item $ctx->log_to_file ($path)
944
945 Sets the C<log_cb> to log to a file (by appending), unbuffered. The
946 function might return before the log file has been opened or created.
947
948 =item $ctx->log_to_path ($path)
949
950 Same as C<< ->log_to_file >>, but opens the file for each message. This
951 is much slower, but allows you to change/move/rename/delete the file at
952 basically any time.
953
954 Needless(?) to say, if you do not want to be bitten by some evil person
955 calling C<chdir>, the path should be absolute. Doesn't help with
956 C<chroot>, but hey...
957
958 =item $ctx->log_to_syslog ([$facility])
959
960 Logs all messages via L<Sys::Syslog>, mapping C<trace> to C<debug> and
961 all the others in the obvious way. If specified, then the C<$facility> is
962 used as the facility (C<user>, C<auth>, C<local0> and so on). The default
963 facility is C<user>.
964
965 Note that this function also sets a C<fmt_cb> - the logging part requires
966 an array reference with [$level, $str] as input.
967
968 =cut
969
970 sub log_cb {
971 my ($ctx, $cb) = @_;
972
973 $ctx->[3] = $cb;
974 }
975
976 sub fmt_cb {
977 my ($ctx, $cb) = @_;
978
979 $ctx->[4] = $cb;
980 }
981
982 sub log_to_warn {
983 my ($ctx, $path) = @_;
984
985 $ctx->log_cb (sub {
986 warn shift;
987 0
988 });
989 }
990
991 # this function is a good example of why threads are a must,
992 # simply for priority inversion.
993 sub _log_to_disk {
994 # eval'uating this at runtime saves 220kb rss - perl has become
995 # an insane memory waster.
996 eval q{ # poor man's autoloading {}
997 sub _log_to_disk {
998 my ($ctx, $path, $keepopen) = @_;
999
1000 my $fh;
1001 my @queue;
1002 my $delay;
1003 my $disable;
1004
1005 use AnyEvent::IO ();
1006
1007 my $kick = sub {
1008 undef $delay;
1009 return unless @queue;
1010 $delay = 1;
1011
1012 # we pass $kick to $kick, so $kick itself doesn't keep a reference to $kick.
1013 my $kick = shift;
1014
1015 # write one or more messages
1016 my $write = sub {
1017 # we write as many messages as have been queued
1018 my $data = join "", @queue;
1019 @queue = ();
1020
1021 AnyEvent::IO::aio_write $fh, $data, sub {
1022 $disable = 1;
1023 @_
1024 ? ($_[0] == length $data or AE::log 4 => "unable to write to logfile '$path': short write")
1025 : AE::log 4 => "unable to write to logfile '$path': $!";
1026 undef $disable;
1027
1028 if ($keepopen) {
1029 $kick->($kick);
1030 } else {
1031 AnyEvent::IO::aio_close ($fh, sub {
1032 undef $fh;
1033 $kick->($kick);
1034 });
1035 }
1036 };
1037 };
1038
1039 if ($fh) {
1040 $write->();
1041 } else {
1042 AnyEvent::IO::aio_open
1043 $path,
1044 AnyEvent::IO::O_CREAT | AnyEvent::IO::O_WRONLY | AnyEvent::IO::O_APPEND,
1045 0666,
1046 sub {
1047 $fh = shift
1048 or do {
1049 $disable = 1;
1050 AE::log 4 => "unable to open logfile '$path': $!";
1051 undef $disable;
1052 return;
1053 };
1054
1055 $write->();
1056 }
1057 ;
1058 }
1059 };
1060
1061 $ctx->log_cb (sub {
1062 return if $disable;
1063 push @queue, shift;
1064 $kick->($kick) unless $delay;
1065 0
1066 });
1067
1068 $kick->($kick) if $keepopen; # initial open
1069 };
1070 };
1071 die if $@;
1072 &_log_to_disk
1073 }
1074
1075 sub log_to_file {
1076 my ($ctx, $path) = @_;
1077
1078 _log_to_disk $ctx, $path, 1;
1079 }
1080
1081 sub log_to_path {
1082 my ($ctx, $path) = @_;
1083
1084 _log_to_disk $ctx, $path, 0;
1085 }
1086
1087 sub log_to_syslog {
1088 my ($ctx, $facility) = @_;
1089
1090 require Sys::Syslog;
1091
1092 $ctx->fmt_cb (sub {
1093 my $str = $_[3];
1094 $str =~ s/\n(?=.)/\n+ /g;
1095
1096 [$_[2], "($_[1][0]) $str"]
1097 });
1098
1099 $facility ||= "user";
1100
1101 $ctx->log_cb (sub {
1102 my $lvl = $_[0][0] < 9 ? $_[0][0] : 8;
1103
1104 Sys::Syslog::syslog ("$facility|" . ($lvl - 1), $_)
1105 for split /\n/, $_[0][1];
1106
1107 0
1108 });
1109 }
1110
1111 =back
1112
1113 =head3 MESSAGE LOGGING
1114
1115 These methods allow you to log messages directly to a context, without
1116 going via your package context.
1117
1118 =over 4
1119
1120 =item $ctx->log ($level, $msg[, @params])
1121
1122 Same as C<AnyEvent::Log::log>, but uses the given context as log context.
1123
1124 Example: log a message in the context of another package.
1125
1126 (AnyEvent::Log::ctx "Other::Package")->log (warn => "heely bo");
1127
1128 =item $logger = $ctx->logger ($level[, \$enabled])
1129
1130 Same as C<AnyEvent::Log::logger>, but uses the given context as log
1131 context.
1132
1133 =cut
1134
1135 *log = \&AnyEvent::Log::_log;
1136 *logger = \&AnyEvent::Log::_logger;
1137
1138 =back
1139
1140 =cut
1141
1142 package AnyEvent::Log;
1143
1144 =head1 CONFIGURATION VIA $ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG}
1145
1146 Logging can also be configured by setting the environment variable
1147 C<PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG> (or C<AE_LOG>).
1148
1149 The value consists of one or more logging context specifications separated
1150 by C<:> or whitespace. Each logging specification in turn starts with a
1151 context name, followed by C<=>, followed by zero or more comma-separated
1152 configuration directives, here are some examples:
1153
1154 # set default logging level
1155 filter=warn
1156
1157 # log to file instead of to stderr
1158 log=file=/tmp/mylog
1159
1160 # log to file in addition to stderr
1161 log=+%file:%file=file=/tmp/mylog
1162
1163 # enable debug log messages, log warnings and above to syslog
1164 filter=debug:log=+%warnings:%warnings=warn,syslog=LOG_LOCAL0
1165
1166 # log trace messages (only) from AnyEvent::Debug to file
1167 AnyEvent::Debug=+%trace:%trace=only,trace,file=/tmp/tracelog
1168
1169 A context name in the log specification can be any of the following:
1170
1171 =over 4
1172
1173 =item C<collect>, C<filter>, C<log>
1174
1175 Correspond to the three predefined C<$AnyEvent::Log::COLLECT>,
1176 C<AnyEvent::Log::FILTER> and C<$AnyEvent::Log::LOG> contexts.
1177
1178 =item C<%name>
1179
1180 Context names starting with a C<%> are anonymous contexts created when the
1181 name is first mentioned. The difference to package contexts is that by
1182 default they have no attached slaves.
1183
1184 =item a perl package name
1185
1186 Any other string references the logging context associated with the given
1187 Perl C<package>. In the unlikely case where you want to specify a package
1188 context that matches on of the other context name forms, you can add a
1189 C<::> to the package name to force interpretation as a package.
1190
1191 =back
1192
1193 The configuration specifications can be any number of the following:
1194
1195 =over 4
1196
1197 =item C<stderr>
1198
1199 Configures the context to use Perl's C<warn> function (which typically
1200 logs to C<STDERR>). Works like C<log_to_warn>.
1201
1202 =item C<file=>I<path>
1203
1204 Configures the context to log to a file with the given path. Works like
1205 C<log_to_file>.
1206
1207 =item C<path=>I<path>
1208
1209 Configures the context to log to a file with the given path. Works like
1210 C<log_to_path>.
1211
1212 =item C<syslog> or C<syslog=>I<expr>
1213
1214 Configures the context to log to syslog. If I<expr> is given, then it is
1215 evaluated in the L<Sys::Syslog> package, so you could use:
1216
1217 log=syslog=LOG_LOCAL0
1218
1219 =item C<nolog>
1220
1221 Configures the context to not log anything by itself, which is the
1222 default. Same as C<< $ctx->log_cb (undef) >>.
1223
1224 =item C<cap=>I<level>
1225
1226 Caps logging messages entering this context at the given level, i.e.
1227 reduces the priority of messages with higher priority than this level. The
1228 default is C<0> (or C<off>), meaning the priority will not be touched.
1229
1230 =item C<0> or C<off>
1231
1232 Sets the logging level of the context to C<0>, i.e. all messages will be
1233 filtered out.
1234
1235 =item C<all>
1236
1237 Enables all logging levels, i.e. filtering will effectively be switched
1238 off (the default).
1239
1240 =item C<only>
1241
1242 Disables all logging levels, and changes the interpretation of following
1243 level specifications to enable the specified level only.
1244
1245 Example: only enable debug messages for a context.
1246
1247 context=only,debug
1248
1249 =item C<except>
1250
1251 Enables all logging levels, and changes the interpretation of following
1252 level specifications to disable that level. Rarely used.
1253
1254 Example: enable all logging levels except fatal and trace (this is rather
1255 nonsensical).
1256
1257 filter=exept,fatal,trace
1258
1259 =item C<level>
1260
1261 Enables all logging levels, and changes the interpretation of following
1262 level specifications to be "that level or any higher priority
1263 message". This is the default.
1264
1265 Example: log anything at or above warn level.
1266
1267 filter=warn
1268
1269 # or, more verbose
1270 filter=only,level,warn
1271
1272 =item C<1>..C<9> or a logging level name (C<error>, C<debug> etc.)
1273
1274 A numeric loglevel or the name of a loglevel will be interpreted according
1275 to the most recent C<only>, C<except> or C<level> directive. By default,
1276 specifying a logging level enables that and any higher priority messages.
1277
1278 =item C<+>I<context>
1279
1280 Attaches the named context as slave to the context.
1281
1282 =item C<+>
1283
1284 A lone C<+> detaches all contexts, i.e. clears the slave list from the
1285 context. Anonymous (C<%name>) contexts have no attached slaves by default,
1286 but package contexts have the parent context as slave by default.
1287
1288 Example: log messages from My::Module to a file, do not send them to the
1289 default log collector.
1290
1291 My::Module=+,file=/tmp/mymodulelog
1292
1293 =back
1294
1295 Any character can be escaped by prefixing it with a C<\> (backslash), as
1296 usual, so to log to a file containing a comma, colon, backslash and some
1297 spaces in the filename, you would do this:
1298
1299 PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG='log=file=/some\ \:file\ with\,\ \\-escapes'
1300
1301 Since whitespace (which includes newlines) is allowed, it is fine to
1302 specify multiple lines in C<PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG>, e.g.:
1303
1304 PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG="
1305 filter=warn
1306 AnyEvent::Debug=+%trace
1307 %trace=only,trace,+log
1308 " myprog
1309
1310 Also, in the unlikely case when you want to concatenate specifications,
1311 use whitespace as separator, as C<::> will be interpreted as part of a
1312 module name, an empty spec with two separators:
1313
1314 PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG="$PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG MyMod=debug"
1315
1316 =cut
1317
1318 for (my $spec = $ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG}) {
1319 my %anon;
1320
1321 my $pkg = sub {
1322 $_[0] eq "log" ? $LOG
1323 : $_[0] eq "filter" ? $FILTER
1324 : $_[0] eq "collect" ? $COLLECT
1325 : $_[0] =~ /^%(.+)$/ ? ($anon{$1} ||= do { my $ctx = ctx undef; $ctx->[0] = $_[0]; $ctx })
1326 : $_[0] =~ /^(.*?)(?:::)?$/ ? ctx "$1" # egad :/
1327 : die # never reached?
1328 };
1329
1330 /\G[[:space:]]+/gc; # skip initial whitespace
1331
1332 while (/\G((?:[^:=[:space:]]+|::|\\.)+)=/gc) {
1333 my $ctx = $pkg->($1);
1334 my $level = "level";
1335
1336 while (/\G((?:[^,:[:space:]]+|::|\\.)+)/gc) {
1337 for ("$1") {
1338 if ($_ eq "stderr" ) { $ctx->log_to_warn;
1339 } elsif (/^file=(.+)/ ) { $ctx->log_to_file ("$1");
1340 } elsif (/^path=(.+)/ ) { $ctx->log_to_path ("$1");
1341 } elsif (/^syslog(?:=(.*))?/ ) { require Sys::Syslog; $ctx->log_to_syslog ("$1");
1342 } elsif ($_ eq "nolog" ) { $ctx->log_cb (undef);
1343 } elsif (/^cap=(.+)/ ) { $ctx->cap ("$1");
1344 } elsif (/^\+(.+)$/ ) { $ctx->attach ($pkg->("$1"));
1345 } elsif ($_ eq "+" ) { $ctx->slaves;
1346 } elsif ($_ eq "off" or $_ eq "0") { $ctx->level (0);
1347 } elsif ($_ eq "all" ) { $ctx->level ("all");
1348 } elsif ($_ eq "level" ) { $ctx->level ("all"); $level = "level";
1349 } elsif ($_ eq "only" ) { $ctx->level ("off"); $level = "enable";
1350 } elsif ($_ eq "except" ) { $ctx->level ("all"); $level = "disable";
1351 } elsif (/^\d$/ ) { $ctx->$level ($_);
1352 } elsif (exists $STR2LEVEL{$_} ) { $ctx->$level ($_);
1353 } else { die "PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG ($spec): parse error at '$_'\n";
1354 }
1355 }
1356
1357 /\G,/gc or last;
1358 }
1359
1360 /\G[:[:space:]]+/gc or last;
1361 }
1362
1363 /\G[[:space:]]+/gc; # skip trailing whitespace
1364
1365 if (/\G(.+)/g) {
1366 die "PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG ($spec): parse error at '$1'\n";
1367 }
1368 }
1369
1370 =head1 EXAMPLES
1371
1372 This section shows some common configurations, both as code, and as
1373 C<PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG> string.
1374
1375 =over 4
1376
1377 =item Setting the global logging level.
1378
1379 Either put C<PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE=><number> into your environment before
1380 running your program, use C<PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG> or modify the log level of
1381 the root context at runtime:
1382
1383 PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE=5 ./myprog
1384
1385 PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG=log=warn
1386
1387 $AnyEvent::Log::FILTER->level ("warn");
1388
1389 =item Append all messages to a file instead of sending them to STDERR.
1390
1391 This is affected by the global logging level.
1392
1393 $AnyEvent::Log::LOG->log_to_file ($path);
1394
1395 PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG=log=file=/some/path
1396
1397 =item Write all messages with priority C<error> and higher to a file.
1398
1399 This writes them only when the global logging level allows it, because
1400 it is attached to the default context which is invoked I<after> global
1401 filtering.
1402
1403 $AnyEvent::Log::FILTER->attach (
1404 new AnyEvent::Log::Ctx log_to_file => $path);
1405
1406 PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG=filter=+%filelogger:%filelogger=file=/some/path
1407
1408 This writes them regardless of the global logging level, because it is
1409 attached to the toplevel context, which receives all messages I<before>
1410 the global filtering.
1411
1412 $AnyEvent::Log::COLLECT->attach (
1413 new AnyEvent::Log::Ctx log_to_file => $path);
1414
1415 PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG=%filelogger=file=/some/path:collect=+%filelogger
1416
1417 In both cases, messages are still written to STDERR.
1418
1419 =item Additionally log all messages with C<warn> and higher priority to
1420 C<syslog>, but cap at C<error>.
1421
1422 This logs all messages to the default log target, but also logs messages
1423 with priority C<warn> or higher (and not filtered otherwise) to syslog
1424 facility C<user>. Messages with priority higher than C<error> will be
1425 logged with level C<error>.
1426
1427 $AnyEvent::Log::LOG->attach (
1428 new AnyEvent::Log::Ctx
1429 level => "warn",
1430 cap => "error",
1431 syslog => "user",
1432 );
1433
1434 PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG=log=+%syslog:%syslog=warn,cap=error,syslog
1435
1436 =item Write trace messages (only) from L<AnyEvent::Debug> to the default logging target(s).
1437
1438 Attach the C<$AnyEvent::Log::LOG> context to the C<AnyEvent::Debug>
1439 context - this simply circumvents the global filtering for trace messages.
1440
1441 my $debug = AnyEvent::Debug->AnyEvent::Log::ctx;
1442 $debug->attach ($AnyEvent::Log::LOG);
1443
1444 PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG=AnyEvent::Debug=+log
1445
1446 This of course works for any package, not just L<AnyEvent::Debug>, but
1447 assumes the log level for AnyEvent::Debug hasn't been changed from the
1448 default.
1449
1450 =back
1451
1452 =head1 AUTHOR
1453
1454 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
1455 http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/AnyEvent.html
1456
1457 =cut
1458
1459 1
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