Config::BaseConfigurator(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation			     Config::BaseConfigurator(3pm)

NAME

       Log::Log4perl::Config::BaseConfigurator - Configurator Base Class

SYNOPSIS

       This is a virtual base class, all configurators should be derived from it.

DESCRIPTION

   METHODS
       "new"
	   Constructor, typically called like

	       my $config_parser = SomeConfigParser->new(
		   file => $file,
	       );

	       my $data = $config_parser->parse();

	   Instead of "file", the derived class "SomeConfigParser" may define any type of configuration input medium (e.g. "url =>
	   'http://foobar'").  It just has to make sure its "parse()" method will later pull the input data from the medium specified.

	   The base class accepts a filename or a reference to an array of text lines:

	   "file"
	       Specifies a file which the "parse()" method later parses.

	   "text"
	       Specifies a reference to an array of scalars, representing configuration records (typically lines of a file). Also accepts a simple
	       scalar, which it splits at its newlines and transforms it into an array:

		   my $config_parser = MyYAMLParser->new(
		       text => ['foo: bar',
				'baz: bam',
			       ],
		   );

		   my $data = $config_parser->parse();

	   If either "file" or "text" parameters have been specified in the constructor call, a later call to the configurator's "text()" method
	   will return a reference to an array of configuration text lines.  This will typically be used by the "parse()" method to process the
	   input.

       "parse"
	   Virtual method, needs to be defined by the derived class.

   Parser requirements
       o   If the parser provides variable substitution functionality, it has to implement it.

       o   The parser's "parse()" method returns a reference to a hash of hashes (HoH).  The top-most hash contains the top-level keywords
	   ("category", "appender") as keys, associated with values which are references to more deeply nested hashes.

       o   The "log4perl." prefix (e.g. as used in the PropertyConfigurator class) is stripped, it's not part in the HoH structure.

       o   Each Log4perl config value is indicated by the "value" key, as in

	       $data->{category}->{Bar}->{Twix}->{value} = "WARN, Logfile"

   EXAMPLES
       The following Log::Log4perl configuration:

	   log4perl.category.Bar.Twix	     = WARN, Screen
	   log4perl.appender.Screen	     = Log::Log4perl::Appender::File
	   log4perl.appender.Screen.filename = test.log
	   log4perl.appender.Screen.layout   = Log::Log4perl::Layout::SimpleLayout

       needs to be transformed by the parser's "parse()" method into this data structure:

	   { appender => {
	       Screen  => {
		 layout => {
		   value  => "Log::Log4perl::Layout::SimpleLayout" },
		   value  => "Log::Log4perl::Appender::Screen",
	       },
	     },
	     category => {
	       Bar => {
		 Twix => {
		   value => "WARN, Screen" }
	       } }
	   }

       For a full-fledged example, check out the sample YAML parser implementation in "eg/yamlparser". It uses a simple YAML syntax to specify the
       Log4perl configuration to illustrate the concept.

SEE ALSO

       Log::Log4perl::Config::PropertyConfigurator

       Log::Log4perl::Config::DOMConfigurator

       Log::Log4perl::Config::LDAPConfigurator (tbd!)

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 v5.10.1							    2010-07-21					     Config::BaseConfigurator(3pm)