Log::Report::Dispatcher::Log4perl(3pm)			User Contributed Perl Documentation		    Log::Report::Dispatcher::Log4perl(3pm)

NAME

       Log::Report::Dispatcher::Log4perl - send messages to Log::Log4perl back-end

INHERITANCE

	Log::Report::Dispatcher::Log4perl
	  is a Log::Report::Dispatcher

SYNOPSIS

	dispatcher Log::Log4perl => 'logger', accept => 'NOTICE-'
	  , config => "$ENV{HOME}/.log.conf"
	  , to_level => [ 'ALERT-' => $ERROR ];

	# disable default dispatcher
	dispatcher close => 'logger';

	# configuration inline, not in file: adapted from the Log4perl manpage
	my $name    = 'logger';
	my $outfile = '/tmp/a.log';
	my $config  = <<__CONFIG;
	log4perl.category.$name 	   = INFO, Logfile
	log4perl.appender.Logfile	   = Log::Log4perl::Appender::File
	log4perl.appender.Logfile.filename = $outfn
	log4perl.appender.Logfile.layout   = Log::Log4perl::Layout::PatternLayout
	log4perl.appender.Logfile.layout.ConversionPattern = %d %F{1} %L> %m
	__CONFIG

	dispatcher 'Log::Log4perl' => $name, config => $config;

DESCRIPTION

       This dispatchers produces output tot syslog, based on the "Sys::Log4perl" module (which will not be automatically installed for you).

       The REASON for a message often uses names which are quite similar to the log-levels used by Log::Dispatch.  However: they have a different
       approach.  The REASON of Log::Report limits the responsibility of the programmer to indicate the cause of the message: whether it was able
       to handle a certain situation.  The Log::Dispatch levels are there for the user's of the program.  However: the programmer does not known
       anything about the application (in the general case).  This is cause of much of the trickery in Perl programs.

       The default translation table is list below.  You can change the mapping using new(to_level).  See example in SYNOPSIS.

	 TRACE	 => $DEBUG  ERROR   => $ERROR
	 ASSERT  => $DEBUG  FAULT   => $ERROR
	 INFO	 => $INFO   ALERT   => $FATAL
	 NOTICE  => $INFO   FAILURE => $FATAL
	 WARNING => $WARN   PANIC   => $FATAL
	 MISTAKE => $WARN

METHODS

   Constructors
       $obj->close
	   See "Constructors" in Log::Report::Dispatcher

       Log::Report::Dispatcher::Log4perl->new(TYPE, NAME, OPTIONS)
	   The Log::Log4perl infrastructure has all information in a configuration file.  In that file, you should find a category with the NAME.

	    -Option	  --Defined in	   --Default
	     accept	    Log::Report::Dispatcher  depend on mode
	     charset	    Log::Report::Dispatcher  <undef>
	     config			     <required>
	     format_reason  Log::Report::Dispatcher  'LOWERCASE'
	     locale	    Log::Report::Dispatcher  <system locale>
	     mode	    Log::Report::Dispatcher  'NORMAL'
	     to_level			     []

	   accept => REASONS
	   charset => CHARSET
	   config => FILENAME|SCALAR
	     When a SCALAR reference is passed in, that must refer to a string which contains the configuration text.  Otherwise, specify an
	     existing FILENAME.

	   format_reason => 'UPPERCASE'|'LOWERCASE'|'UCFIRST'|'IGNORE'|CODE
	   locale => LOCALE
	   mode => 'NORMAL'|'VERBOSE'|'ASSERT'|'DEBUG'|0..3
	   to_level => ARRAY-of-PAIRS
	     See reasonToLevel().

   Accessors
       $obj->appender
	   Returns the Log::Log4perl::Logger object which is used for logging.

       $obj->isDisabled
	   See "Accessors" in Log::Report::Dispatcher

       $obj->mode
	   See "Accessors" in Log::Report::Dispatcher

       $obj->name
	   See "Accessors" in Log::Report::Dispatcher

       $obj->needs
	   See "Accessors" in Log::Report::Dispatcher

       $obj->type
	   See "Accessors" in Log::Report::Dispatcher

   Logging
       $obj->collectLocation
       Log::Report::Dispatcher::Log4perl->collectLocation
	   See "Logging" in Log::Report::Dispatcher

       $obj->collectStack([MAXDEPTH])
       Log::Report::Dispatcher::Log4perl->collectStack([MAXDEPTH])
	   See "Logging" in Log::Report::Dispatcher

       $obj->log(HASH-of-OPTIONS, REASON, MESSAGE)
	   See "Logging" in Log::Report::Dispatcher

       $obj->reasonToLevel(REASON)
	   Returns a level which is understood by Log::Dispatch, based on a translation table.	This can be changed with new(to_level).

       $obj->stackTraceLine(OPTIONS)
       Log::Report::Dispatcher::Log4perl->stackTraceLine(OPTIONS)
	   See "Logging" in Log::Report::Dispatcher

       $obj->translate(HASH-of-OPTIONS, REASON, MESSAGE)
	   See "Logging" in Log::Report::Dispatcher

SEE ALSO

       This module is part of Log-Report distribution version 0.94, built on August 23, 2011. Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/log-report/

LICENSE

       Copyrights 2007-2011 by Mark Overmeer. For other contributors see ChangeLog.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.  See
       http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html

perl v5.14.2							    2011-08-23				    Log::Report::Dispatcher::Log4perl(3pm)