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Appender::TestBuffer(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation				 Appender::TestBuffer(3pm)

NAME
       Log::Log4perl::Appender::TestBuffer - Appender class for testing

SYNOPSIS
	 use Log::Log4perl::Appender::TestBuffer;

	 my $appender = Log::Log4perl::Appender::TestBuffer->new(
	     name      => 'mybuffer',
	 );

	     # Append to the buffer
	 $appender->log(
	     level =  > 'alert',
	     message => "I'm searching the city for sci-fi wasabi
"
	 );

	     # Retrieve the result
	 my $result = $appender->buffer();

	     # Clear the buffer to the empty string
	 $appender->clear();

DESCRIPTION
       This class is used for internal testing of "Log::Log4perl". It is a "Log::Dispatch"-style appender, which writes to a buffer in memory,
       from where actual results can be easily retrieved later to compare with expeced results.

       Every buffer created is stored in an internal global array, and can later be referenced by name:

	   my $app = Log::Log4perl::Appender::TestBuffer->by_name("mybuffer");

       retrieves the appender object of a previously created buffer "mybuffer".  To reset this global array and have it forget all of the
       previously created testbuffer appenders (external references to those appenders nonwithstanding), use

	   Log::Log4perl::Appender::TestBuffer->reset();

SEE ALSO
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						 Appender::TestBuffer(3pm)