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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 is too hot!";
14 AE::log error => "Division by zero attempted.";
15 AE::log warn => "Couldn't delete the file.";
16 AE::log note => "Attempted 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 default logging level to suppress anything below "notice"
46 # i.e. enable logging at "notice" or above - the default is to
47 # to not log anything at all.
48 $AnyEvent::Log::FILTER->level ("notice");
49
50 # set logging for the current package to errors and higher only
51 AnyEvent::Log::ctx->level ("error");
52
53 # enable logging for the current package, regardless of global logging level
54 AnyEvent::Log::ctx->attach ($AnyEvent::Log::LOG);
55
56 # enable debug logging for module some::mod and enable logging by default
57 (AnyEvent::Log::ctx "some::mod")->level ("debug");
58 (AnyEvent::Log::ctx "some::mod")->attach ($AnyEvent::Log::LOG);
59
60 # send all critical and higher priority messages to syslog,
61 # regardless of (most) other settings
62 $AnyEvent::Log::COLLECT->attach (new AnyEvent::Log::Ctx
63 level => "critical",
64 log_to_syslog => "user",
65 );
66
67 =head1 DESCRIPTION
68
69 This module implements a relatively simple "logging framework". It doesn't
70 attempt to be "the" logging solution or even "a" logging solution for
71 AnyEvent - AnyEvent simply creates logging messages internally, and this
72 module more or less exposes the mechanism, with some extra spiff to allow
73 using it from other modules as well.
74
75 Remember that the default verbosity level is C<4> (C<error>), so only
76 errors and more important messages will be logged, unless you set
77 C<PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE> to a higher number before starting your program
78 (C<AE_VERBOSE=5> is recommended during development), or change the logging
79 level at runtime with something like:
80
81 use AnyEvent::Log;
82 $AnyEvent::Log::FILTER->level ("info");
83
84 The design goal behind this module was to keep it simple (and small),
85 but make it powerful enough to be potentially useful for any module,
86 and extensive enough for the most common tasks, such as logging to
87 multiple targets, or being able to log into a database.
88
89 The module is also usable before AnyEvent itself is initialised, in which
90 case some of the functionality might be reduced.
91
92 The amount of documentation might indicate otherwise, but the runtime part
93 of the module is still just below 300 lines of code.
94
95 =head1 LOGGING LEVELS
96
97 Logging levels in this module range from C<1> (highest priority) to C<9>
98 (lowest priority). Note that the lowest numerical value is the highest
99 priority, so when this document says "higher priority" it means "lower
100 numerical value".
101
102 Instead of specifying levels by name you can also specify them by aliases:
103
104 LVL NAME SYSLOG PERL NOTE
105 1 fatal emerg exit system unusable, aborts program!
106 2 alert failure in primary system
107 3 critical crit failure in backup system
108 4 error err die non-urgent program errors, a bug
109 5 warn warning possible problem, not necessarily error
110 6 note notice unusual conditions
111 7 info normal messages, no action required
112 8 debug debugging messages for development
113 9 trace copious tracing output
114
115 As you can see, some logging levels have multiple aliases - the first one
116 is the "official" name, the second one the "syslog" name (if it differs)
117 and the third one the "perl" name, suggesting (only!) that you log C<die>
118 messages at C<error> priority. The NOTE column tries to provide some
119 rationale on how to chose a logging level.
120
121 As a rough guideline, levels 1..3 are primarily meant for users of the
122 program (admins, staff), and are the only ones logged to STDERR by
123 default. Levels 4..6 are meant for users and developers alike, while
124 levels 7..9 are usually meant for developers.
125
126 You can normally only log a message once at highest priority level (C<1>,
127 C<fatal>), because logging a fatal message will also quit the program - so
128 use it sparingly :)
129
130 For example, a program that finds an unknown switch on the commandline
131 might well use a fatal logging level to tell users about it - the "system"
132 in this case would be the program, or module.
133
134 Some methods also offer some extra levels, such as C<0>, C<off>, C<none>
135 or C<all> - these are only valid for the methods that document them.
136
137 =head1 LOGGING FUNCTIONS
138
139 The following functions allow you to log messages. They always use the
140 caller's package as a "logging context". Also, the main logging function,
141 C<log>, is aliased to C<AnyEvent::log> and C<AE::log> when the C<AnyEvent>
142 module is loaded.
143
144 =over 4
145
146 =cut
147
148 package AnyEvent::Log;
149
150 use Carp ();
151 use POSIX ();
152
153 # layout of a context
154 # 0 1 2 3 4, 5
155 # [$title, $level, %$slaves, &$logcb, &$fmtcb, $cap]
156
157 use AnyEvent (); BEGIN { AnyEvent::common_sense }
158 #use AnyEvent::Util (); need to load this in a delayed fashion, as it uses AE::log
159
160 our $VERSION = $AnyEvent::VERSION;
161
162 our ($COLLECT, $FILTER, $LOG);
163
164 our ($now_int, $now_str1, $now_str2);
165
166 # Format Time, not public - yet?
167 sub format_time($) {
168 my $i = int $_[0];
169 my $f = sprintf "%06d", 1e6 * ($_[0] - $i);
170
171 ($now_int, $now_str1, $now_str2) = ($i, split /\x01/, POSIX::strftime "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.\x01 %z", localtime $i)
172 if $now_int != $i;
173
174 "$now_str1$f$now_str2"
175 }
176
177 our %CTX; # all package contexts
178
179 # creates a default package context object for the given package
180 sub _pkg_ctx($) {
181 my $ctx = bless [$_[0], (1 << 10) - 1 - 1, {}], "AnyEvent::Log::Ctx";
182
183 # link "parent" package
184 my $parent = $_[0] =~ /^(.+)::/
185 ? $CTX{$1} ||= &_pkg_ctx ("$1")
186 : $COLLECT;
187
188 $ctx->[2]{$parent+0} = $parent;
189
190 $ctx
191 }
192
193 =item AnyEvent::Log::log $level, $msg[, @args]
194
195 Requests logging of the given C<$msg> with the given log level, and
196 returns true if the message was logged I<somewhere>.
197
198 For loglevel C<fatal>, the program will abort.
199
200 If only a C<$msg> is given, it is logged as-is. With extra C<@args>, the
201 C<$msg> is interpreted as an sprintf format string.
202
203 The C<$msg> should not end with C<\n>, but may if that is convenient for
204 you. Also, multiline messages are handled properly.
205
206 Last not least, C<$msg> might be a code reference, in which case it is
207 supposed to return the message. It will be called only then the message
208 actually gets logged, which is useful if it is costly to create the
209 message in the first place.
210
211 This function takes care of saving and restoring C<$!> and C<$@>, so you
212 don't have to.
213
214 Whether the given message will be logged depends on the maximum log level
215 and the caller's package. The return value can be used to ensure that
216 messages or not "lost" - for example, when L<AnyEvent::Debug> detects a
217 runtime error it tries to log it at C<die> level, but if that message is
218 lost it simply uses warn.
219
220 Note that you can (and should) call this function as C<AnyEvent::log> or
221 C<AE::log>, without C<use>-ing this module if possible (i.e. you don't
222 need any additional functionality), as those functions will load the
223 logging module on demand only. They are also much shorter to write.
224
225 Also, if you optionally generate a lot of debug messages (such as when
226 tracing some code), you should look into using a logger callback and a
227 boolean enabler (see C<logger>, below).
228
229 Example: log something at error level.
230
231 AE::log error => "something";
232
233 Example: use printf-formatting.
234
235 AE::log info => "%5d %-10.10s %s", $index, $category, $msg;
236
237 Example: only generate a costly dump when the message is actually being logged.
238
239 AE::log debug => sub { require Data::Dump; Data::Dump::dump \%cache };
240
241 =cut
242
243 # also allow syslog equivalent names
244 our %STR2LEVEL = (
245 fatal => 1, emerg => 1, exit => 1,
246 alert => 2,
247 critical => 3, crit => 3,
248 error => 4, err => 4, die => 4,
249 warn => 5, warning => 5,
250 note => 6, notice => 6,
251 info => 7,
252 debug => 8,
253 trace => 9,
254 );
255
256 our $TIME_EXACT;
257
258 sub exact_time($) {
259 $TIME_EXACT = shift;
260 *_ts = $AnyEvent::MODEL
261 ? $TIME_EXACT ? \&AE::now : \&AE::time
262 : sub () { $TIME_EXACT ? do { require Time::HiRes; Time::HiRes::time () } : time };
263 }
264
265 BEGIN {
266 exact_time 0;
267 }
268
269 AnyEvent::post_detect {
270 exact_time $TIME_EXACT;
271 };
272
273 our @LEVEL2STR = qw(0 fatal alert crit error warn note info debug trace);
274
275 # time, ctx, level, msg
276 sub default_format($$$$) {
277 my $ts = format_time $_[0];
278 my $ct = " ";
279
280 my @res;
281
282 for (split /\n/, sprintf "%-5s %s: %s", $LEVEL2STR[$_[2]], $_[1][0], $_[3]) {
283 push @res, "$ts$ct$_\n";
284 $ct = " + ";
285 }
286
287 join "", @res
288 }
289
290 sub fatal_exit() {
291 exit 1;
292 }
293
294 sub _log {
295 my ($ctx, $level, $format, @args) = @_;
296
297 $level = $level > 0 && $level <= 9
298 ? $level+0
299 : $STR2LEVEL{$level} || Carp::croak "$level: not a valid logging level, caught";
300
301 my $mask = 1 << $level;
302
303 my ($success, %seen, @ctx, $now, @fmt);
304
305 do
306 {
307 # if !ref, then it's a level number
308 if (!ref $ctx) {
309 $level = $ctx;
310 } elsif ($ctx->[1] & $mask and !$seen{$ctx+0}++) {
311 # logging/recursing into this context
312
313 # level cap
314 if ($ctx->[5] > $level) {
315 push @ctx, $level; # restore level when going up in tree
316 $level = $ctx->[5];
317 }
318
319 # log if log cb
320 if ($ctx->[3]) {
321 # logging target found
322
323 local ($!, $@);
324
325 # now get raw message, unless we have it already
326 unless ($now) {
327 $format = $format->() if ref $format;
328 $format = sprintf $format, @args if @args;
329 $format =~ s/\n$//;
330 $now = _ts;
331 };
332
333 # format msg
334 my $str = $ctx->[4]
335 ? $ctx->[4]($now, $_[0], $level, $format)
336 : ($fmt[$level] ||= default_format $now, $_[0], $level, $format);
337
338 $success = 1;
339
340 $ctx->[3]($str)
341 or push @ctx, values %{ $ctx->[2] }; # not consumed - propagate
342 } else {
343 push @ctx, values %{ $ctx->[2] }; # not masked - propagate
344 }
345 }
346 }
347 while $ctx = pop @ctx;
348
349 fatal_exit if $level <= 1;
350
351 $success
352 }
353
354 sub log($$;@) {
355 _log
356 $CTX{ (caller)[0] } ||= _pkg_ctx +(caller)[0],
357 @_;
358 }
359
360 =item $logger = AnyEvent::Log::logger $level[, \$enabled]
361
362 Creates a code reference that, when called, acts as if the
363 C<AnyEvent::Log::log> function was called at this point with the given
364 level. C<$logger> is passed a C<$msg> and optional C<@args>, just as with
365 the C<AnyEvent::Log::log> function:
366
367 my $debug_log = AnyEvent::Log::logger "debug";
368
369 $debug_log->("debug here");
370 $debug_log->("%06d emails processed", 12345);
371 $debug_log->(sub { $obj->as_string });
372
373 The idea behind this function is to decide whether to log before actually
374 logging - when the C<logger> function is called once, but the returned
375 logger callback often, then this can be a tremendous speed win.
376
377 Despite this speed advantage, changes in logging configuration will
378 still be reflected by the logger callback, even if configuration changes
379 I<after> it was created.
380
381 To further speed up logging, you can bind a scalar variable to the logger,
382 which contains true if the logger should be called or not - if it is
383 false, calling the logger can be safely skipped. This variable will be
384 updated as long as C<$logger> is alive.
385
386 Full example:
387
388 # near the init section
389 use AnyEvent::Log;
390
391 my $debug_log = AnyEvent:Log::logger debug => \my $debug;
392
393 # and later in your program
394 $debug_log->("yo, stuff here") if $debug;
395
396 $debug and $debug_log->("123");
397
398 =cut
399
400 our %LOGGER;
401
402 # re-assess logging status for all loggers
403 sub _reassess {
404 local $SIG{__DIE__};
405 my $die = sub { die };
406
407 for (@_ ? $LOGGER{$_[0]} : values %LOGGER) {
408 my ($ctx, $level, $renabled) = @$_;
409
410 # to detect whether a message would be logged, we actually
411 # try to log one and die. this isn't fast, but we can be
412 # sure that the logging decision is correct :)
413
414 $$renabled = !eval {
415 _log $ctx, $level, $die;
416
417 1
418 };
419 }
420 }
421
422 sub _logger {
423 my ($ctx, $level, $renabled) = @_;
424
425 $$renabled = 1;
426
427 my $logger = [$ctx, $level, $renabled];
428
429 $LOGGER{$logger+0} = $logger;
430
431 _reassess $logger+0;
432
433 require AnyEvent::Util unless $AnyEvent::Util::VERSION;
434 my $guard = AnyEvent::Util::guard (sub {
435 # "clean up"
436 delete $LOGGER{$logger+0};
437 });
438
439 sub {
440 $guard if 0; # keep guard alive, but don't cause runtime overhead
441
442 _log $ctx, $level, @_
443 if $$renabled;
444 }
445 }
446
447 sub logger($;$) {
448 _logger
449 $CTX{ (caller)[0] } ||= _pkg_ctx +(caller)[0],
450 @_
451 }
452
453 =item AnyEvent::Log::exact_time $on
454
455 By default, C<AnyEvent::Log> will use C<AE::now>, i.e. the cached
456 eventloop time, for the log timestamps. After calling this function with a
457 true value it will instead resort to C<AE::time>, i.e. fetch the current
458 time on each log message. This only makes a difference for event loops
459 that actually cache the time (such as L<EV> or L<AnyEvent::Loop>).
460
461 This setting can be changed at any time by calling this function.
462
463 Since C<AnyEvent::Log> has to work even before L<AnyEvent> has been
464 initialised, this switch will also decide whether to use C<CORE::time> or
465 C<Time::HiRes::time> when logging a message before L<AnyEvent> becomes
466 available.
467
468 =item AnyEvent::Log::format_time $timestamp
469
470 Formats a timestamp as returned by C<< AnyEvent->now >> or C<<
471 AnyEvent->time >> or many other functions in the same way as
472 C<AnyEvent::Log> does.
473
474 In your main program (as opposed to in your module) you can override
475 the default timestamp display format by loading this module and then
476 redefining this function.
477
478 Most commonly, this function can be used in formatting callbacks.
479
480 =item AnyEvent::Log::default_format $time, $ctx, $level, $msg
481
482 Format a log message using the given timestamp, logging context, log level
483 and log message.
484
485 This is the formatting function used to format messages when no custom
486 function is provided.
487
488 In your main program (as opposed to in your module) you can override the
489 default message format by loading this module and then redefining this
490 function.
491
492 =item AnyEvent::Log::fatal_exit()
493
494 This is the function that is called after logging a C<fatal> log
495 message. It must not return.
496
497 The default implementation simply calls C<exit 1>.
498
499 In your main program (as opposed to in your module) you can override
500 the fatal exit function by loading this module and then redefining this
501 function. Make sure you don't return.
502
503 =back
504
505 =head1 LOGGING CONTEXTS
506
507 This module associates every log message with a so-called I<logging
508 context>, based on the package of the caller. Every perl package has its
509 own logging context.
510
511 A logging context has three major responsibilities: filtering, logging and
512 propagating the message.
513
514 For the first purpose, filtering, each context has a set of logging
515 levels, called the log level mask. Messages not in the set will be ignored
516 by this context (masked).
517
518 For logging, the context stores a formatting callback (which takes the
519 timestamp, context, level and string message and formats it in the way
520 it should be logged) and a logging callback (which is responsible for
521 actually logging the formatted message and telling C<AnyEvent::Log>
522 whether it has consumed the message, or whether it should be propagated).
523
524 For propagation, a context can have any number of attached I<slave
525 contexts>. Any message that is neither masked by the logging mask nor
526 masked by the logging callback returning true will be passed to all slave
527 contexts.
528
529 Each call to a logging function will log the message at most once per
530 context, so it does not matter (much) if there are cycles or if the
531 message can arrive at the same context via multiple paths.
532
533 =head2 DEFAULTS
534
535 By default, all logging contexts have a full set of log levels ("all"), a
536 disabled logging callback and the default formatting callback.
537
538 Package contexts have the package name as logging title by default.
539
540 They have exactly one slave - the context of the "parent" package. The
541 parent package is simply defined to be the package name without the last
542 component, i.e. C<AnyEvent::Debug::Wrapped> becomes C<AnyEvent::Debug>,
543 and C<AnyEvent> becomes ... C<$AnyEvent::Log::COLLECT> which is the
544 exception of the rule - just like the "parent" of any single-component
545 package name in Perl is C<main>, the default slave of any top-level
546 package context is C<$AnyEvent::Log::COLLECT>.
547
548 Since perl packages form only an approximate hierarchy, this slave
549 context can of course be removed.
550
551 All other (anonymous) contexts have no slaves and an empty title by
552 default.
553
554 When the module is loaded it creates the C<$AnyEvent::Log::LOG> logging
555 context that simply logs everything via C<warn>, without propagating
556 anything anywhere by default. The purpose of this context is to provide
557 a convenient place to override the global logging target or to attach
558 additional log targets. It's not meant for filtering.
559
560 It then creates the C<$AnyEvent::Log::FILTER> context whose
561 purpose is to suppress all messages with priority higher
562 than C<$ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE}>. It then attached the
563 C<$AnyEvent::Log::LOG> context to it. The purpose of the filter context
564 is to simply provide filtering according to some global log level.
565
566 Finally it creates the top-level package context C<$AnyEvent::Log::COLLECT>
567 and attaches the C<$AnyEvent::Log::FILTER> context to it, but otherwise
568 leaves it at default config. Its purpose is simply to collect all log
569 messages system-wide.
570
571 The hierarchy is then:
572
573 any package, eventually -> $COLLECT -> $FILTER -> $LOG
574
575 The effect of all this is that log messages, by default, wander up to the
576 C<$AnyEvent::Log::COLLECT> context where all messages normally end up,
577 from there to C<$AnyEvent::Log::FILTER> where log messages with lower
578 priority then C<$ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE}> will be filtered out and then
579 to the C<$AnyEvent::Log::LOG> context to be passed to C<warn>.
580
581 This makes it easy to set a global logging level (by modifying $FILTER),
582 but still allow other contexts to send, for example, their debug and trace
583 messages to the $LOG target despite the global logging level, or to attach
584 additional log targets that log messages, regardless of the global logging
585 level.
586
587 It also makes it easy to modify the default warn-logger ($LOG) to
588 something that logs to a file, or to attach additional logging targets
589 (such as loggign to a file) by attaching it to $FILTER.
590
591 =head2 CREATING/FINDING/DESTROYING CONTEXTS
592
593 =over 4
594
595 =item $ctx = AnyEvent::Log::ctx [$pkg]
596
597 This function creates or returns a logging context (which is an object).
598
599 If a package name is given, then the context for that package is
600 returned. If it is called without any arguments, then the context for the
601 callers package is returned (i.e. the same context as a C<AE::log> call
602 would use).
603
604 If C<undef> is given, then it creates a new anonymous context that is not
605 tied to any package and is destroyed when no longer referenced.
606
607 =cut
608
609 sub ctx(;$) {
610 my $pkg = @_ ? shift : (caller)[0];
611
612 ref $pkg
613 ? $pkg
614 : defined $pkg
615 ? $CTX{$pkg} ||= AnyEvent::Log::_pkg_ctx $pkg
616 : bless [undef, (1 << 10) - 1 - 1], "AnyEvent::Log::Ctx"
617 }
618
619 =item AnyEvent::Log::reset
620
621 Resets all package contexts and recreates the default hierarchy if
622 necessary, i.e. resets the logging subsystem to defaults, as much as
623 possible. This process keeps references to contexts held by other parts of
624 the program intact.
625
626 This can be used to implement config-file (re-)loading: before loading a
627 configuration, reset all contexts.
628
629 =cut
630
631 our $ORIG_VERBOSE = $AnyEvent::VERBOSE;
632 $AnyEvent::VERBOSE = 9;
633
634 sub reset {
635 # hard to kill complex data structures
636 # we "recreate" all package loggers and reset the hierarchy
637 while (my ($k, $v) = each %CTX) {
638 @$v = ($k, (1 << 10) - 1 - 1, { });
639
640 $v->attach ($k =~ /^(.+)::/ ? $CTX{$1} : $AnyEvent::Log::COLLECT);
641 }
642
643 @$_ = ($_->[0], (1 << 10) - 1 - 1)
644 for $LOG, $FILTER, $COLLECT;
645
646 #$LOG->slaves;
647 $LOG->title ('$AnyEvent::Log::LOG');
648 $LOG->log_to_warn;
649
650 $FILTER->slaves ($LOG);
651 $FILTER->title ('$AnyEvent::Log::FILTER');
652 $FILTER->level ($ORIG_VERBOSE);
653
654 $COLLECT->slaves ($FILTER);
655 $COLLECT->title ('$AnyEvent::Log::COLLECT');
656
657 _reassess;
658 }
659
660 # override AE::log/logger
661 *AnyEvent::log = *AE::log = \&log;
662 *AnyEvent::logger = *AE::logger = \&logger;
663
664 # convert AnyEvent loggers to AnyEvent::Log loggers
665 $_->[0] = ctx $_->[0] # convert "pkg" to "ctx"
666 for values %LOGGER;
667
668 # create the default logger contexts
669 $LOG = ctx undef;
670 $FILTER = ctx undef;
671 $COLLECT = ctx undef;
672
673 AnyEvent::Log::reset;
674
675 # hello, CPAN, please catch me
676 package AnyEvent::Log::LOG;
677 package AE::Log::LOG;
678 package AnyEvent::Log::FILTER;
679 package AE::Log::FILTER;
680 package AnyEvent::Log::COLLECT;
681 package AE::Log::COLLECT;
682
683 package AnyEvent::Log::Ctx;
684
685 =item $ctx = new AnyEvent::Log::Ctx methodname => param...
686
687 This is a convenience constructor that makes it simpler to construct
688 anonymous logging contexts.
689
690 Each key-value pair results in an invocation of the method of the same
691 name as the key with the value as parameter, unless the value is an
692 arrayref, in which case it calls the method with the contents of the
693 array. The methods are called in the same order as specified.
694
695 Example: create a new logging context and set both the default logging
696 level, some slave contexts and a logging callback.
697
698 $ctx = new AnyEvent::Log::Ctx
699 title => "dubious messages",
700 level => "error",
701 log_cb => sub { print STDOUT shift; 0 },
702 slaves => [$ctx1, $ctx, $ctx2],
703 ;
704
705 =back
706
707 =cut
708
709 sub new {
710 my $class = shift;
711
712 my $ctx = AnyEvent::Log::ctx undef;
713
714 while (@_) {
715 my ($k, $v) = splice @_, 0, 2;
716 $ctx->$k (ref $v eq "ARRAY" ? @$v : $v);
717 }
718
719 bless $ctx, $class # do we really support subclassing, hmm?
720 }
721
722
723 =head2 CONFIGURING A LOG CONTEXT
724
725 The following methods can be used to configure the logging context.
726
727 =over 4
728
729 =item $ctx->title ([$new_title])
730
731 Returns the title of the logging context - this is the package name, for
732 package contexts, and a user defined string for all others.
733
734 If C<$new_title> is given, then it replaces the package name or title.
735
736 =cut
737
738 sub title {
739 $_[0][0] = $_[1] if @_ > 1;
740 $_[0][0]
741 }
742
743 =back
744
745 =head3 LOGGING LEVELS
746
747 The following methods deal with the logging level set associated with the
748 log context.
749
750 The most common method to use is probably C<< $ctx->level ($level) >>,
751 which configures the specified and any higher priority levels.
752
753 All functions which accept a list of levels also accept the special string
754 C<all> which expands to all logging levels.
755
756 =over 4
757
758 =item $ctx->levels ($level[, $level...)
759
760 Enables logging for the given levels and disables it for all others.
761
762 =item $ctx->level ($level)
763
764 Enables logging for the given level and all lower level (higher priority)
765 ones. In addition to normal logging levels, specifying a level of C<0> or
766 C<off> disables all logging for this level.
767
768 Example: log warnings, errors and higher priority messages.
769
770 $ctx->level ("warn");
771 $ctx->level (5); # same thing, just numeric
772
773 =item $ctx->enable ($level[, $level...])
774
775 Enables logging for the given levels, leaving all others unchanged.
776
777 =item $ctx->disable ($level[, $level...])
778
779 Disables logging for the given levels, leaving all others unchanged.
780
781 =item $ctx->cap ($level)
782
783 Caps the maximum priority to the given level, for all messages logged
784 to, or passing through, this context. That is, while this doesn't affect
785 whether a message is logged or passed on, the maximum priority of messages
786 will be limited to the specified level - messages with a higher priority
787 will be set to the specified priority.
788
789 Another way to view this is that C<< ->level >> filters out messages with
790 a too low priority, while C<< ->cap >> modifies messages with a too high
791 priority.
792
793 This is useful when different log targets have different interpretations
794 of priority. For example, for a specific command line program, a wrong
795 command line switch might well result in a C<fatal> log message, while the
796 same message, logged to syslog, is likely I<not> fatal to the system or
797 syslog facility as a whole, but more likely a mere C<error>.
798
799 This can be modeled by having a stderr logger that logs messages "as-is"
800 and a syslog logger that logs messages with a level cap of, say, C<error>,
801 or, for truly system-critical components, actually C<critical>.
802
803 =cut
804
805 sub _lvl_lst {
806 map {
807 $_ > 0 && $_ <= 9 ? $_+0
808 : $_ eq "all" ? (1 .. 9)
809 : $STR2LEVEL{$_} || Carp::croak "$_: not a valid logging level, caught"
810 } @_
811 }
812
813 sub _lvl {
814 $_[0] =~ /^(?:0|off|none)$/ ? 0 : (_lvl_lst $_[0])[-1]
815 }
816
817 our $NOP_CB = sub { 0 };
818
819 sub levels {
820 my $ctx = shift;
821 $ctx->[1] = 0;
822 $ctx->[1] |= 1 << $_
823 for &_lvl_lst;
824 AnyEvent::Log::_reassess;
825 }
826
827 sub level {
828 my $ctx = shift;
829 $ctx->[1] = ((1 << &_lvl) - 1) << 1;
830 AnyEvent::Log::_reassess;
831 }
832
833 sub enable {
834 my $ctx = shift;
835 $ctx->[1] |= 1 << $_
836 for &_lvl_lst;
837 AnyEvent::Log::_reassess;
838 }
839
840 sub disable {
841 my $ctx = shift;
842 $ctx->[1] &= ~(1 << $_)
843 for &_lvl_lst;
844 AnyEvent::Log::_reassess;
845 }
846
847 sub cap {
848 my $ctx = shift;
849 $ctx->[5] = &_lvl;
850 }
851
852 =back
853
854 =head3 SLAVE CONTEXTS
855
856 The following methods attach and detach another logging context to a
857 logging context.
858
859 Log messages are propagated to all slave contexts, unless the logging
860 callback consumes the message.
861
862 =over 4
863
864 =item $ctx->attach ($ctx2[, $ctx3...])
865
866 Attaches the given contexts as slaves to this context. It is not an error
867 to add a context twice (the second add will be ignored).
868
869 A context can be specified either as package name or as a context object.
870
871 =item $ctx->detach ($ctx2[, $ctx3...])
872
873 Removes the given slaves from this context - it's not an error to attempt
874 to remove a context that hasn't been added.
875
876 A context can be specified either as package name or as a context object.
877
878 =item $ctx->slaves ($ctx2[, $ctx3...])
879
880 Replaces all slaves attached to this context by the ones given.
881
882 =cut
883
884 sub attach {
885 my $ctx = shift;
886
887 $ctx->[2]{$_+0} = $_
888 for map { AnyEvent::Log::ctx $_ } @_;
889 AnyEvent::Log::_reassess;
890 }
891
892 sub detach {
893 my $ctx = shift;
894
895 delete $ctx->[2]{$_+0}
896 for map { AnyEvent::Log::ctx $_ } @_;
897 AnyEvent::Log::_reassess;
898 }
899
900 sub slaves {
901 undef $_[0][2];
902 &attach;
903 AnyEvent::Log::_reassess;
904 }
905
906 =back
907
908 =head3 LOG TARGETS
909
910 The following methods configure how the logging context actually does
911 the logging (which consists of formatting the message and printing it or
912 whatever it wants to do with it).
913
914 =over 4
915
916 =item $ctx->log_cb ($cb->($str))
917
918 Replaces the logging callback on the context (C<undef> disables the
919 logging callback).
920
921 The logging callback is responsible for handling formatted log messages
922 (see C<fmt_cb> below) - normally simple text strings that end with a
923 newline (and are possibly multiline themselves).
924
925 It also has to return true iff it has consumed the log message, and false
926 if it hasn't. Consuming a message means that it will not be sent to any
927 slave context. When in doubt, return C<0> from your logging callback.
928
929 Example: a very simple logging callback, simply dump the message to STDOUT
930 and do not consume it.
931
932 $ctx->log_cb (sub { print STDERR shift; 0 });
933
934 You can filter messages by having a log callback that simply returns C<1>
935 and does not do anything with the message, but this counts as "message
936 being logged" and might not be very efficient.
937
938 Example: propagate all messages except for log levels "debug" and
939 "trace". The messages will still be generated, though, which can slow down
940 your program.
941
942 $ctx->levels ("debug", "trace");
943 $ctx->log_cb (sub { 1 }); # do not log, but eat debug and trace messages
944
945 =item $ctx->fmt_cb ($fmt_cb->($timestamp, $orig_ctx, $level, $message))
946
947 Replaces the formatting callback on the context (C<undef> restores the
948 default formatter).
949
950 The callback is passed the (possibly fractional) timestamp, the original
951 logging context (object, not title), the (numeric) logging level and
952 the raw message string and needs to return a formatted log message. In
953 most cases this will be a string, but it could just as well be an array
954 reference that just stores the values.
955
956 If, for some reason, you want to use C<caller> to find out more about the
957 logger then you should walk up the call stack until you are no longer
958 inside the C<AnyEvent::Log> package.
959
960 To implement your own logging callback, you might find the
961 C<AnyEvent::Log::format_time> and C<AnyEvent::Log::default_format>
962 functions useful.
963
964 Example: format the message just as AnyEvent::Log would, by letting
965 AnyEvent::Log do the work. This is a good basis to design a formatting
966 callback that only changes minor aspects of the formatting.
967
968 $ctx->fmt_cb (sub {
969 my ($time, $ctx, $lvl, $msg) = @_;
970
971 AnyEvent::Log::default_format $time, $ctx, $lvl, $msg
972 });
973
974 Example: format just the raw message, with numeric log level in angle
975 brackets.
976
977 $ctx->fmt_cb (sub {
978 my ($time, $ctx, $lvl, $msg) = @_;
979
980 "<$lvl>$msg\n"
981 });
982
983 Example: return an array reference with just the log values, and use
984 C<PApp::SQL::sql_exec> to store the message in a database.
985
986 $ctx->fmt_cb (sub { \@_ });
987 $ctx->log_cb (sub {
988 my ($msg) = @_;
989
990 sql_exec "insert into log (when, subsys, prio, msg) values (?, ?, ?, ?)",
991 $msg->[0] + 0,
992 "$msg->[1]",
993 $msg->[2] + 0,
994 "$msg->[3]";
995
996 0
997 });
998
999 =item $ctx->log_to_warn
1000
1001 Sets the C<log_cb> to simply use C<CORE::warn> to report any messages
1002 (usually this logs to STDERR).
1003
1004 =item $ctx->log_to_file ($path)
1005
1006 Sets the C<log_cb> to log to a file (by appending), unbuffered. The
1007 function might return before the log file has been opened or created.
1008
1009 =item $ctx->log_to_path ($path)
1010
1011 Same as C<< ->log_to_file >>, but opens the file for each message. This
1012 is much slower, but allows you to change/move/rename/delete the file at
1013 basically any time.
1014
1015 Needless(?) to say, if you do not want to be bitten by some evil person
1016 calling C<chdir>, the path should be absolute. Doesn't help with
1017 C<chroot>, but hey...
1018
1019 =item $ctx->log_to_syslog ([$facility])
1020
1021 Logs all messages via L<Sys::Syslog>, mapping C<trace> to C<debug> and
1022 all the others in the obvious way. If specified, then the C<$facility> is
1023 used as the facility (C<user>, C<auth>, C<local0> and so on). The default
1024 facility is C<user>.
1025
1026 Note that this function also sets a C<fmt_cb> - the logging part requires
1027 an array reference with [$level, $str] as input.
1028
1029 =cut
1030
1031 sub log_cb {
1032 my ($ctx, $cb) = @_;
1033
1034 $ctx->[3] = $cb;
1035 }
1036
1037 sub fmt_cb {
1038 my ($ctx, $cb) = @_;
1039
1040 $ctx->[4] = $cb;
1041 }
1042
1043 sub log_to_warn {
1044 my ($ctx, $path) = @_;
1045
1046 $ctx->log_cb (sub {
1047 warn shift;
1048 0
1049 });
1050 }
1051
1052 # this function is a good example of why threads are a must,
1053 # simply for priority inversion.
1054 sub _log_to_disk {
1055 # eval'uating this at runtime saves 220kb rss - perl has become
1056 # an insane memory waster.
1057 eval q{ # poor man's autoloading {}
1058 sub _log_to_disk {
1059 my ($ctx, $path, $keepopen) = @_;
1060
1061 my $fh;
1062 my @queue;
1063 my $delay;
1064 my $disable;
1065
1066 use AnyEvent::IO ();
1067
1068 my $kick = sub {
1069 undef $delay;
1070 return unless @queue;
1071 $delay = 1;
1072
1073 # we pass $kick to $kick, so $kick itself doesn't keep a reference to $kick.
1074 my $kick = shift;
1075
1076 # write one or more messages
1077 my $write = sub {
1078 # we write as many messages as have been queued
1079 my $data = join "", @queue;
1080 @queue = ();
1081
1082 AnyEvent::IO::aio_write $fh, $data, sub {
1083 $disable = 1;
1084 @_
1085 ? ($_[0] == length $data or AE::log 4 => "unable to write to logfile '$path': short write")
1086 : AE::log 4 => "unable to write to logfile '$path': $!";
1087 undef $disable;
1088
1089 if ($keepopen) {
1090 $kick->($kick);
1091 } else {
1092 AnyEvent::IO::aio_close ($fh, sub {
1093 undef $fh;
1094 $kick->($kick);
1095 });
1096 }
1097 };
1098 };
1099
1100 if ($fh) {
1101 $write->();
1102 } else {
1103 AnyEvent::IO::aio_open
1104 $path,
1105 AnyEvent::IO::O_CREAT | AnyEvent::IO::O_WRONLY | AnyEvent::IO::O_APPEND,
1106 0666,
1107 sub {
1108 $fh = shift
1109 or do {
1110 $disable = 1;
1111 AE::log 4 => "unable to open logfile '$path': $!";
1112 undef $disable;
1113 return;
1114 };
1115
1116 $write->();
1117 }
1118 ;
1119 }
1120 };
1121
1122 $ctx->log_cb (sub {
1123 return if $disable;
1124 push @queue, shift;
1125 $kick->($kick) unless $delay;
1126 0
1127 });
1128
1129 $kick->($kick) if $keepopen; # initial open
1130 };
1131 };
1132 die if $@;
1133 &_log_to_disk
1134 }
1135
1136 sub log_to_file {
1137 my ($ctx, $path) = @_;
1138
1139 _log_to_disk $ctx, $path, 1;
1140 }
1141
1142 sub log_to_path {
1143 my ($ctx, $path) = @_;
1144
1145 _log_to_disk $ctx, $path, 0;
1146 }
1147
1148 sub log_to_syslog {
1149 my ($ctx, $facility) = @_;
1150
1151 require Sys::Syslog;
1152
1153 $ctx->fmt_cb (sub {
1154 my $str = $_[3];
1155 $str =~ s/\n(?=.)/\n+ /g;
1156
1157 [$_[2], "($_[1][0]) $str"]
1158 });
1159
1160 $facility ||= "user";
1161
1162 $ctx->log_cb (sub {
1163 my $lvl = $_[0][0] < 9 ? $_[0][0] : 8;
1164
1165 Sys::Syslog::syslog ("$facility|" . ($lvl - 1), $_)
1166 for split /\n/, $_[0][1];
1167
1168 0
1169 });
1170 }
1171
1172 =back
1173
1174 =head3 MESSAGE LOGGING
1175
1176 These methods allow you to log messages directly to a context, without
1177 going via your package context.
1178
1179 =over 4
1180
1181 =item $ctx->log ($level, $msg[, @params])
1182
1183 Same as C<AnyEvent::Log::log>, but uses the given context as log context.
1184
1185 Example: log a message in the context of another package.
1186
1187 (AnyEvent::Log::ctx "Other::Package")->log (warn => "heely bo");
1188
1189 =item $logger = $ctx->logger ($level[, \$enabled])
1190
1191 Same as C<AnyEvent::Log::logger>, but uses the given context as log
1192 context.
1193
1194 =cut
1195
1196 *log = \&AnyEvent::Log::_log;
1197 *logger = \&AnyEvent::Log::_logger;
1198
1199 =back
1200
1201 =cut
1202
1203 package AnyEvent::Log;
1204
1205 =head1 CONFIGURATION VIA $ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG}
1206
1207 Logging can also be configured by setting the environment variable
1208 C<PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG> (or C<AE_LOG>).
1209
1210 The value consists of one or more logging context specifications separated
1211 by C<:> or whitespace. Each logging specification in turn starts with a
1212 context name, followed by C<=>, followed by zero or more comma-separated
1213 configuration directives, here are some examples:
1214
1215 # set default logging level
1216 filter=warn
1217
1218 # log to file instead of to stderr
1219 log=file=/tmp/mylog
1220
1221 # log to file in addition to stderr
1222 log=+%file:%file=file=/tmp/mylog
1223
1224 # enable debug log messages, log warnings and above to syslog
1225 filter=debug:log=+%warnings:%warnings=warn,syslog=LOG_LOCAL0
1226
1227 # log trace messages (only) from AnyEvent::Debug to file
1228 AnyEvent::Debug=+%trace:%trace=only,trace,file=/tmp/tracelog
1229
1230 A context name in the log specification can be any of the following:
1231
1232 =over 4
1233
1234 =item C<collect>, C<filter>, C<log>
1235
1236 Correspond to the three predefined C<$AnyEvent::Log::COLLECT>,
1237 C<AnyEvent::Log::FILTER> and C<$AnyEvent::Log::LOG> contexts.
1238
1239 =item C<%name>
1240
1241 Context names starting with a C<%> are anonymous contexts created when the
1242 name is first mentioned. The difference to package contexts is that by
1243 default they have no attached slaves.
1244
1245 This makes it possible to create new log contexts that can be refered to
1246 multiple times by name within the same log specification.
1247
1248 =item a perl package name
1249
1250 Any other string references the logging context associated with the given
1251 Perl C<package>. In the unlikely case where you want to specify a package
1252 context that matches on of the other context name forms, you can add a
1253 C<::> to the package name to force interpretation as a package.
1254
1255 =back
1256
1257 The configuration specifications can be any number of the following:
1258
1259 =over 4
1260
1261 =item C<stderr>
1262
1263 Configures the context to use Perl's C<warn> function (which typically
1264 logs to C<STDERR>). Works like C<log_to_warn>.
1265
1266 =item C<file=>I<path>
1267
1268 Configures the context to log to a file with the given path. Works like
1269 C<log_to_file>.
1270
1271 =item C<path=>I<path>
1272
1273 Configures the context to log to a file with the given path. Works like
1274 C<log_to_path>.
1275
1276 =item C<syslog> or C<syslog=>I<expr>
1277
1278 Configures the context to log to syslog. If I<expr> is given, then it is
1279 evaluated in the L<Sys::Syslog> package, so you could use:
1280
1281 log=syslog=LOG_LOCAL0
1282
1283 =item C<nolog>
1284
1285 Configures the context to not log anything by itself, which is the
1286 default. Same as C<< $ctx->log_cb (undef) >>.
1287
1288 =item C<cap=>I<level>
1289
1290 Caps logging messages entering this context at the given level, i.e.
1291 reduces the priority of messages with higher priority than this level. The
1292 default is C<0> (or C<off>), meaning the priority will not be touched.
1293
1294 =item C<0> or C<off>
1295
1296 Sets the logging level of the context to C<0>, i.e. all messages will be
1297 filtered out.
1298
1299 =item C<all>
1300
1301 Enables all logging levels, i.e. filtering will effectively be switched
1302 off (the default).
1303
1304 =item C<only>
1305
1306 Disables all logging levels, and changes the interpretation of following
1307 level specifications to enable the specified level only.
1308
1309 Example: only enable debug messages for a context.
1310
1311 context=only,debug
1312
1313 =item C<except>
1314
1315 Enables all logging levels, and changes the interpretation of following
1316 level specifications to disable that level. Rarely used.
1317
1318 Example: enable all logging levels except fatal and trace (this is rather
1319 nonsensical).
1320
1321 filter=exept,fatal,trace
1322
1323 =item C<level>
1324
1325 Enables all logging levels, and changes the interpretation of following
1326 level specifications to be "that level or any higher priority
1327 message". This is the default.
1328
1329 Example: log anything at or above warn level.
1330
1331 filter=warn
1332
1333 # or, more verbose
1334 filter=only,level,warn
1335
1336 =item C<1>..C<9> or a logging level name (C<error>, C<debug> etc.)
1337
1338 A numeric loglevel or the name of a loglevel will be interpreted according
1339 to the most recent C<only>, C<except> or C<level> directive. By default,
1340 specifying a logging level enables that and any higher priority messages.
1341
1342 =item C<+>I<context>
1343
1344 Attaches the named context as slave to the context.
1345
1346 =item C<+>
1347
1348 A lone C<+> detaches all contexts, i.e. clears the slave list from the
1349 context. Anonymous (C<%name>) contexts have no attached slaves by default,
1350 but package contexts have the parent context as slave by default.
1351
1352 Example: log messages from My::Module to a file, do not send them to the
1353 default log collector.
1354
1355 My::Module=+,file=/tmp/mymodulelog
1356
1357 =back
1358
1359 Any character can be escaped by prefixing it with a C<\> (backslash), as
1360 usual, so to log to a file containing a comma, colon, backslash and some
1361 spaces in the filename, you would do this:
1362
1363 PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG='log=file=/some\ \:file\ with\,\ \\-escapes'
1364
1365 Since whitespace (which includes newlines) is allowed, it is fine to
1366 specify multiple lines in C<PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG>, e.g.:
1367
1368 PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG="
1369 filter=warn
1370 AnyEvent::Debug=+%trace
1371 %trace=only,trace,+log
1372 " myprog
1373
1374 Also, in the unlikely case when you want to concatenate specifications,
1375 use whitespace as separator, as C<::> will be interpreted as part of a
1376 module name, an empty spec with two separators:
1377
1378 PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG="$PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG MyMod=debug"
1379
1380 =cut
1381
1382 for (my $spec = $ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG}) {
1383 my %anon;
1384
1385 my $pkg = sub {
1386 $_[0] eq "log" ? $LOG
1387 : $_[0] eq "filter" ? $FILTER
1388 : $_[0] eq "collect" ? $COLLECT
1389 : $_[0] =~ /^%(.+)$/ ? ($anon{$1} ||= do { my $ctx = ctx undef; $ctx->[0] = $_[0]; $ctx })
1390 : $_[0] =~ /^(.*?)(?:::)?$/ ? ctx "$1" # egad :/
1391 : die # never reached?
1392 };
1393
1394 /\G[[:space:]]+/gc; # skip initial whitespace
1395
1396 while (/\G((?:[^:=[:space:]]+|::|\\.)+)=/gc) {
1397 my $ctx = $pkg->($1);
1398 my $level = "level";
1399
1400 while (/\G((?:[^,:[:space:]]+|::|\\.)+)/gc) {
1401 for ("$1") {
1402 if ($_ eq "stderr" ) { $ctx->log_to_warn;
1403 } elsif (/^file=(.+)/ ) { $ctx->log_to_file ("$1");
1404 } elsif (/^path=(.+)/ ) { $ctx->log_to_path ("$1");
1405 } elsif (/^syslog(?:=(.*))?/ ) { require Sys::Syslog; $ctx->log_to_syslog ("$1");
1406 } elsif ($_ eq "nolog" ) { $ctx->log_cb (undef);
1407 } elsif (/^cap=(.+)/ ) { $ctx->cap ("$1");
1408 } elsif (/^\+(.+)$/ ) { $ctx->attach ($pkg->("$1"));
1409 } elsif ($_ eq "+" ) { $ctx->slaves;
1410 } elsif ($_ eq "off" or $_ eq "0") { $ctx->level (0);
1411 } elsif ($_ eq "all" ) { $ctx->level ("all");
1412 } elsif ($_ eq "level" ) { $ctx->level ("all"); $level = "level";
1413 } elsif ($_ eq "only" ) { $ctx->level ("off"); $level = "enable";
1414 } elsif ($_ eq "except" ) { $ctx->level ("all"); $level = "disable";
1415 } elsif (/^\d$/ ) { $ctx->$level ($_);
1416 } elsif (exists $STR2LEVEL{$_} ) { $ctx->$level ($_);
1417 } else { die "PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG ($spec): parse error at '$_'\n";
1418 }
1419 }
1420
1421 /\G,/gc or last;
1422 }
1423
1424 /\G[:[:space:]]+/gc or last;
1425 }
1426
1427 /\G[[:space:]]+/gc; # skip trailing whitespace
1428
1429 if (/\G(.+)/g) {
1430 die "PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG ($spec): parse error at '$1'\n";
1431 }
1432 }
1433
1434 =head1 EXAMPLES
1435
1436 This section shows some common configurations, both as code, and as
1437 C<PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG> string.
1438
1439 =over 4
1440
1441 =item Setting the global logging level.
1442
1443 Either put C<PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE=><number> into your environment before
1444 running your program, use C<PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG> or modify the log level of
1445 the root context at runtime:
1446
1447 PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE=5 ./myprog
1448
1449 PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG=log=warn
1450
1451 $AnyEvent::Log::FILTER->level ("warn");
1452
1453 =item Append all messages to a file instead of sending them to STDERR.
1454
1455 This is affected by the global logging level.
1456
1457 $AnyEvent::Log::LOG->log_to_file ($path);
1458
1459 PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG=log=file=/some/path
1460
1461 =item Write all messages with priority C<error> and higher to a file.
1462
1463 This writes them only when the global logging level allows it, because
1464 it is attached to the default context which is invoked I<after> global
1465 filtering.
1466
1467 $AnyEvent::Log::FILTER->attach (
1468 new AnyEvent::Log::Ctx log_to_file => $path);
1469
1470 PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG=filter=+%filelogger:%filelogger=file=/some/path
1471
1472 This writes them regardless of the global logging level, because it is
1473 attached to the toplevel context, which receives all messages I<before>
1474 the global filtering.
1475
1476 $AnyEvent::Log::COLLECT->attach (
1477 new AnyEvent::Log::Ctx log_to_file => $path);
1478
1479 PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG=%filelogger=file=/some/path:collect=+%filelogger
1480
1481 In both cases, messages are still written to STDERR.
1482
1483 =item Additionally log all messages with C<warn> and higher priority to
1484 C<syslog>, but cap at C<error>.
1485
1486 This logs all messages to the default log target, but also logs messages
1487 with priority C<warn> or higher (and not filtered otherwise) to syslog
1488 facility C<user>. Messages with priority higher than C<error> will be
1489 logged with level C<error>.
1490
1491 $AnyEvent::Log::LOG->attach (
1492 new AnyEvent::Log::Ctx
1493 level => "warn",
1494 cap => "error",
1495 syslog => "user",
1496 );
1497
1498 PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG=log=+%syslog:%syslog=warn,cap=error,syslog
1499
1500 =item Write trace messages (only) from L<AnyEvent::Debug> to the default logging target(s).
1501
1502 Attach the C<$AnyEvent::Log::LOG> context to the C<AnyEvent::Debug>
1503 context - this simply circumvents the global filtering for trace messages.
1504
1505 my $debug = AnyEvent::Debug->AnyEvent::Log::ctx;
1506 $debug->attach ($AnyEvent::Log::LOG);
1507
1508 PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG=AnyEvent::Debug=+log
1509
1510 This of course works for any package, not just L<AnyEvent::Debug>, but
1511 assumes the log level for AnyEvent::Debug hasn't been changed from the
1512 default.
1513
1514 =back
1515
1516 =head1 ASYNCHRONOUS DISK I/O
1517
1518 This module uses L<AnyEvent::IO> to actually write log messages (in
1519 C<log_to_file> and C<log_to_path>), so it doesn't block your program when
1520 the disk is busy and a non-blocking L<AnyEvent::IO> backend is available.
1521
1522 =head1 AUTHOR
1523
1524 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
1525 http://anyevent.schmorp.de
1526
1527 =cut
1528
1529 1
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