Appender::Buffer(3)					User Contributed Perl Documentation				       Appender::Buffer(3)

NAME

	   Log::Log4perl::Appender::Buffer - Buffering Appender

SYNOPSIS

	   use Log::Log4perl qw(:easy);

	   my $conf = qq(
	   log4perl.category		      = DEBUG, Buffer

	       # Regular Screen Appender
	   log4perl.appender.Screen	      = Log::Log4perl::Appender::Screen
	   log4perl.appender.Screen.stdout    = 1
	   log4perl.appender.Screen.layout    = PatternLayout
	   log4perl.appender.Screen.layout.ConversionPattern = %d %p %c %m %n

	       # Buffering appender, using the appender above as outlet
	   log4perl.appender.Buffer		  = Log::Log4perl::Appender::Buffer
	   log4perl.appender.Buffer.appender	  = Screen
	   log4perl.appender.Buffer.trigger_level = ERROR
	   );

	   Log::Log4perl->init($conf);

	   DEBUG("This message gets buffered.");
	   INFO("This message gets buffered also.");

	   # Time passes. Nothing happens. But then ...

	   print "It's GO time!!!
";

	   ERROR("This message triggers a buffer flush.");

DESCRIPTION

       "Log::Log4perl::Appender::Buffer" takes these arguments:

       "appender"
	   Specifies the name of the appender it buffers messages for. The appender specified must be defined somewhere in the configuration file,
	   not necessarily before the definition of "Log::Log4perl::Appender::Buffer".

       "max_messages"
	   Specifies the maximum number of messages the appender will hold in its ring buffer. "max_messages" is optional. By default,
	   "Log::Log4perl::Appender::Buffer" will not limit the number of messages buffered. This might be undesirable in long-running processes
	   accumulating lots of messages before a flush happens. If "max_messages" is set to a numeric value, "Log::Log4perl::Appender::Buffer"
	   will displace old messages in its buffer to make room if the buffer is full.

       "trigger_level"
	   If trigger_level is set to one of Log4perl's levels (see Log::Log4perl::Level), a "trigger" function will be defined internally to
	   flush the buffer if a message with a priority of $level or higher comes along. This is just a convenience function. Defining

	       log4perl.appender.Buffer.trigger_level = ERROR

	   is equivalent to creating a trigger function like

	       log4perl.appender.Buffer.trigger = sub {   
		   my($self, $params) = @_;		  
		   return $params->{log4p_level} >=	  
			  $Log::Log4perl::Level::ERROR; }

	   See the next section for defining generic trigger functions.

       "trigger"
	   "trigger" holds a reference to a subroutine, which "Log::Log4perl::Appender::Buffer" will call on every incoming message with the same
	   parameters as the appender's "log()" method:

		   my($self, $params) = @_;

	   $params references a hash containing the message priority (key "l4p_level"), the message category (key "l4p_category") and the content
	   of the message (key "message").

	   If the subroutine returns 1, it will trigger a flush of buffered messages.

	   Shortcut

DEVELOPMENT NOTES

       "Log::Log4perl::Appender::Buffer" is a composite appender.  Unlike other appenders, it doesn't log any messages, it just passes them on to
       its attached sub-appender.  For this reason, it doesn't need a layout (contrary to regular appenders).  If it defines none, messages are
       passed on unaltered.

       Custom filters are also applied to the composite appender only.	They are not applied to the sub-appender. Same applies to appender
       thresholds. This behaviour might change in the future.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       Copyright 2002-2009 by Mike Schilli <m@perlmeister.com> and Kevin Goess <cpan@goess.org>.

       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

perl v5.12.1							    2010-02-16						       Appender::Buffer(3)