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f0ac4cdb 1package Log::Message;\r
2\r
3use strict;\r
4\r
5use Params::Check qw[check];\r
6use Log::Message::Item;\r
7use Log::Message::Config;\r
8use Locale::Maketext::Simple Style => 'gettext';\r
9\r
10local $Params::Check::VERBOSE = 1;\r
11\r
12BEGIN {\r
13 use vars qw[$VERSION @ISA $STACK $CONFIG];\r
14\r
15 $VERSION = 0.01;\r
16\r
17 $STACK = [];\r
18}\r
19\r
20\r
21=pod\r
22\r
23=head1 NAME\r
24\r
25Log::Message - A generic message storing mechanism;\r
26\r
27=head1 SYNOPSIS\r
28\r
29 use Log::Message private => 0, config => '/our/cf_file';\r
30\r
31 my $log = Log::Message->new( private => 1,\r
32 level => 'log',\r
33 config => '/my/cf_file',\r
34 );\r
35\r
36 $log->store('this is my first message');\r
37\r
38 $log->store( message => 'message #2',\r
39 tag => 'MY_TAG',\r
40 level => 'carp',\r
41 extra => ['this is an argument to the handler'],\r
42 );\r
43\r
44 my @last_five_items = $log->retrieve(5);\r
45\r
46 my @items = $log->retrieve( tag => qr/my_tag/i,\r
47 message => qr/\d/,\r
48 remove => 1,\r
49 );\r
50\r
51 my @items = $log->final( level => qr/carp/, amount => 2 );\r
52\r
53 my $first_error = $log->first()\r
54\r
55 # croak with the last error on the stack\r
56 $log->final->croak;\r
57\r
58 # empty the stack\r
59 $log->flush();\r
60\r
61\r
62=head1 DESCRIPTION\r
63\r
64Log::Message is a generic message storage mechanism.\r
65It allows you to store messages on a stack -- either shared or private\r
66-- and assign meta-data to it.\r
67Some meta-data will automatically be added for you, like a timestamp\r
68and a stack trace, but some can be filled in by the user, like a tag\r
69by which to identify it or group it, and a level at which to handle\r
70the message (for example, log it, or die with it)\r
71\r
72Log::Message also provides a powerful way of searching through items\r
73by regexes on messages, tags and level.\r
74\r
75=head1 Hierarchy\r
76\r
77There are 4 modules of interest when dealing with the Log::Message::*\r
78modules:\r
79\r
80=over 4\r
81\r
82=item Log::Message\r
83\r
84Log::Message provides a few methods to manipulate the stack it keeps.\r
85It has the option of keeping either a private or a public stack.\r
86More on this below.\r
87\r
88=item Log::Message::Item\r
89\r
90These are individual message items, which are objects that contain\r
91the user message as well as the meta-data described above.\r
92See the L<Log::Message::Item> manpage to see how to extract this \r
93meta-data and how to work with the Item objects.\r
94You should never need to create your own Item objects, but knowing\r
95about their methods and accessors is important if you want to write\r
96your own handlers. (See below)\r
97\r
98=item Log::Message::Handlers\r
99\r
100These are a collection of handlers that will be called for a level\r
101that is used on a L<Log::Message::Item> object.\r
102For example, if a message is logged with the 'carp' level, the 'carp'\r
103handler from L<Log::Message::Handlers> will be called.\r
104See the L<Log::Message::Handlers> manpage for more explanation about how\r
105handlers work, which one are available and how to create your own.\r
106\r
107=item Log::Message::Config\r
108\r
109Per Log::Message object, there is a configuration required that will\r
110fill in defaults if the user did not specify arguments to override\r
111them (like for example what tag will be set if none was provided),\r
112L<Log::Message::Config> handles the creation of these configurations.\r
113\r
114Configuration can be specified in 4 ways:\r
115\r
116=over 4\r
117\r
118=item *\r
119\r
120As a configuration file when you C<use Log::Message>\r
121\r
122=item *\r
123\r
124As arguments when you C<use Log::Message>\r
125\r
126=item *\r
127\r
128As a configuration file when you create a new L<Log::Message> object.\r
129(The config will then only apply to that object if you marked it as\r
130private)\r
131\r
132=item *\r
133\r
134As arguments when you create a new Log::Message object.\r
135\r
136You should never need to use the L<Log::Message::Config> module yourself,\r
137as this is transparently done by L<Log::Message>, but its manpage does\r
138provide an explanation of how you can create a config file.\r
139\r
140=back\r
141\r
142=back\r
143\r
144=head1 Options\r
145\r
146When using Log::Message, or creating a new Log::Message object, you can\r
147supply various options to alter its behaviour.\r
148Of course, there are sensible defaults should you choose to omit these\r
149options.\r
150\r
151Below an explanation of all the options and how they work.\r
152\r
153=over 4\r
154\r
155=item config\r
156\r
157The path to a configuration file to be read.\r
158See the manpage of L<Log::Message::Config> for the required format\r
159\r
160These options will be overridden by any explicit arguments passed.\r
161\r
162=item private\r
163\r
164Whether to create, by default, private or shared objects.\r
165If you choose to create shared objects, all Log::Message objects will\r
166use the same stack.\r
167\r
168This means that even though every module may make its own $log object\r
169they will still be sharing the same error stack on which they are\r
170putting errors and from which they are retrieving.\r
171\r
172This can be useful in big projects.\r
173\r
174If you choose to create a private object, then the stack will of\r
175course be private to this object, but it will still fall back to the\r
176shared config should no private config or overriding arguments be\r
177provided.\r
178\r
179=item verbose\r
180\r
181Log::Message makes use of another module to validate its arguments,\r
182which is called L<Params::Check>, which is a lightweight, yet \r
183powerful input checker and parser. (See the L<Params::Check> \r
184manpage for details).\r
185\r
186The verbose setting will control whether this module will\r
187generate warnings if something improper is passed as input, or merely\r
188silently returns undef, at which point Log::Message will generate a\r
189warning.\r
190\r
191It's best to just leave this at its default value, which is '1'\r
192\r
193=item tag\r
194\r
195The tag to add to messages if none was provided. If neither your\r
196config, nor any specific arguments supply a tag, then Log::Message will\r
197set it to 'NONE'\r
198\r
199Tags are useful for searching on or grouping by. For example, you\r
200could tag all the messages you want to go to the user as 'USER ERROR'\r
201and all those that are only debug information with 'DEBUG'.\r
202\r
203At the end of your program, you could then print all the ones tagged\r
204'USER ERROR' to STDOUT, and those marked 'DEBUG' to a log file.\r
205\r
206=item level\r
207\r
208C<level> describes what action to take when a message is logged. Just\r
209like C<tag>, Log::Message will provide a default (which is 'log') if\r
210neither your config file, nor any explicit arguments are given to\r
211override it.\r
212\r
213See the Log::Message::Handlers manpage to see what handlers are\r
214available by default and what they do, as well as to how to add your\r
215own handlers.\r
216\r
217=item remove\r
218\r
219This indicates whether or not to automatically remove the messages\r
220from the stack when you've retrieved them.\r
221The default setting provided by Log::Message is '0': do not remove.\r
222\r
223=item chrono\r
224\r
225This indicates whether messages should always be fetched in\r
226chronological order or not.\r
227This simply means that you can choose whether, when retrieving items,\r
228the item most recently added should be returned first, or the one that\r
229had been added most long ago.\r
230\r
231The default is to return the newest ones first\r
232\r
233=back\r
234\r
235=cut\r
236\r
237\r
238### subs ###\r
239sub import {\r
240 my $pkg = shift;\r
241 my %hash = @_;\r
242\r
243 $CONFIG = new Log::Message::Config( %hash )\r
244 or die loc(qq[Problem initialising %1], __PACKAGE__);\r
245\r
246}\r
247\r
248=head1 Methods\r
249\r
250=head2 new\r
251\r
252This creates a new Log::Message object; The parameters it takes are\r
253described in the C<Options> section below and let it just be repeated\r
254that you can use these options like this:\r
255\r
256 my $log = Log::Message->new( %options );\r
257\r
258as well as during C<use> time, like this:\r
259\r
260 use Log::Message option1 => value, option2 => value\r
261\r
262There are but 3 rules to keep in mind:\r
263\r
264=over 4\r
265\r
266=item *\r
267\r
268Provided arguments take precedence over a configuration file.\r
269\r
270=item *\r
271\r
272Arguments to new take precedence over options provided at C<use> time\r
273\r
274=item *\r
275\r
276An object marked private will always have an empty stack to begin with\r
277\r
278=back\r
279\r
280=cut\r
281\r
282sub new {\r
283 my $class = shift;\r
284 my %hash = @_;\r
285\r
286 my $conf = new Log::Message::Config( %hash, default => $CONFIG ) or return undef;\r
287\r
288 if( $conf->private || $CONFIG->private ) {\r
289\r
290 return _new_stack( $class, config => $conf );\r
291\r
292 } else {\r
293 my $obj = _new_stack( $class, config => $conf, stack => $STACK );\r
294\r
295 ### if it was an empty stack, this was the first object\r
296 ### in that case, set the global stack to match it for\r
297 ### subsequent new, non-private objects\r
298 $STACK = $obj->{STACK} unless scalar @$STACK;\r
299\r
300 return $obj;\r
301 }\r
302}\r
303\r
304sub _new_stack {\r
305 my $class = shift;\r
306 my %hash = @_;\r
307\r
308 my $tmpl = {\r
309 stack => { default => [] },\r
310 config => { default => bless( {}, 'Log::Message::Config'),\r
311 required => 1,\r
312 strict_type => 1\r
313 },\r
314 };\r
315\r
316 my $args = check( $tmpl, \%hash, $CONFIG->verbose ) or (\r
317 warn(loc(q[Could not create a new stack object: %1], \r
318 Params::Check->last_error)\r
319 ),\r
320 return\r
321 );\r
322\r
323\r
324 my %self = map { uc, $args->{$_} } keys %$args;\r
325\r
326 return bless \%self, $class;\r
327}\r
328\r
329sub _get_conf {\r
330 my $self = shift;\r
331 my $what = shift;\r
332\r
333 return defined $self->{CONFIG}->$what()\r
334 ? $self->{CONFIG}->$what()\r
335 : defined $CONFIG->$what()\r
336 ? $CONFIG->$what()\r
337 : undef; # should never get here\r
338}\r
339\r
340=head2 store\r
341\r
342This will create a new Item object and store it on the stack.\r
343\r
344Possible arguments you can give to it are:\r
345\r
346=over 4\r
347\r
348=item message\r
349\r
350This is the only argument that is required. If no other arguments\r
351are given, you may even leave off the C<message> key. The argument\r
352will then automatically be assumed to be the message.\r
353\r
354=item tag\r
355\r
356The tag to add to this message. If not provided, Log::Message will look\r
357in your configuration for one.\r
358\r
359=item level\r
360\r
361The level at which this message should be handled. If not provided,\r
362Log::Message will look in your configuration for one.\r
363\r
364=item extra\r
365\r
366This is an array ref with arguments passed to the handler for this\r
367message, when it is called from store();\r
368\r
369The handler will receive them as a normal list\r
370\r
371=back\r
372\r
373store() will return true upon success and undef upon failure, as well\r
374as issue a warning as to why it failed.\r
375\r
376=cut\r
377\r
378### should extra be stored in the item object perhaps for later retrieval?\r
379sub store {\r
380 my $self = shift;\r
381 my %hash = ();\r
382\r
383 my $tmpl = {\r
384 message => {\r
385 default => '',\r
386 strict_type => 1,\r
387 required => 1,\r
388 },\r
389 tag => { default => $self->_get_conf('tag') },\r
390 level => { default => $self->_get_conf('level'), },\r
391 extra => { default => [], strict_type => 1 },\r
392 };\r
393\r
394 ### single arg means just the message\r
395 ### otherwise, they are named\r
396 if( @_ == 1 ) {\r
397 $hash{message} = shift;\r
398 } else {\r
399 %hash = @_;\r
400 }\r
401\r
402 my $args = check( $tmpl, \%hash ) or ( \r
403 warn( loc(q[Could not store error: %1], Params::Check->last_error) ), \r
404 return \r
405 );\r
406\r
407 my $extra = delete $args->{extra};\r
408 my $item = Log::Message::Item->new( %$args,\r
409 parent => $self,\r
410 id => scalar @{$self->{STACK}}\r
411 )\r
412 or ( warn( loc(q[Could not create new log item!]) ), return undef );\r
413\r
414 push @{$self->{STACK}}, $item;\r
415\r
416 { no strict 'refs';\r
417\r
418 my $sub = $args->{level};\r
419\r
420 $item->$sub( @$extra );\r
421 }\r
422\r
423 return 1;\r
424}\r
425\r
426=head2 retrieve\r
427\r
428This will retrieve all message items matching the criteria specified\r
429from the stack.\r
430\r
431Here are the criteria you can discriminate on:\r
432\r
433=over 4\r
434\r
435=item tag\r
436\r
437A regex to which the tag must adhere. For example C<qr/\w/>.\r
438\r
439=item level\r
440\r
441A regex to which the level must adhere.\r
442\r
443=item message\r
444\r
445A regex to which the message must adhere.\r
446\r
447=item amount\r
448\r
449Maximum amount of errors to return\r
450\r
451=item chrono\r
452\r
453Return in chronological order, or not?\r
454\r
455=item remove\r
456\r
457Remove items from the stack upon retrieval?\r
458\r
459=back\r
460\r
461In scalar context it will return the first item matching your criteria\r
462and in list context, it will return all of them.\r
463\r
464If an error occurs while retrieving, a warning will be issued and\r
465undef will be returned.\r
466\r
467=cut\r
468\r
469sub retrieve {\r
470 my $self = shift;\r
471 my %hash = ();\r
472\r
473 my $tmpl = {\r
474 tag => { default => qr/.*/ },\r
475 level => { default => qr/.*/ },\r
476 message => { default => qr/.*/ },\r
477 amount => { default => '' },\r
478 remove => { default => $self->_get_conf('remove') },\r
479 chrono => { default => $self->_get_conf('chrono') },\r
480 };\r
481\r
482 ### single arg means just the amount\r
483 ### otherwise, they are named\r
484 if( @_ == 1 ) {\r
485 $hash{amount} = shift;\r
486 } else {\r
487 %hash = @_;\r
488 }\r
489\r
490 my $args = check( $tmpl, \%hash ) or (\r
491 warn( loc(q[Could not parse input: %1], Params::Check->last_error) ), \r
492 return \r
493 );\r
494 \r
495 my @list =\r
496 grep { $_->tag =~ /$args->{tag}/ ? 1 : 0 }\r
497 grep { $_->level =~ /$args->{level}/ ? 1 : 0 }\r
498 grep { $_->message =~ /$args->{message}/ ? 1 : 0 }\r
499 grep { defined }\r
500 $args->{chrono}\r
501 ? @{$self->{STACK}}\r
502 : reverse @{$self->{STACK}};\r
503\r
504 my $amount = $args->{amount} || scalar @list;\r
505\r
506 my @rv = map {\r
507 $args->{remove} ? $_->remove : $_\r
508 } scalar @list > $amount\r
509 ? splice(@list,0,$amount)\r
510 : @list;\r
511\r
512 return wantarray ? @rv : $rv[0];\r
513}\r
514\r
515=head2 first\r
516\r
517This is a shortcut for retrieving the first item(s) stored on the\r
518stack. It will default to only retrieving one if called with no\r
519arguments, and will always return results in chronological order.\r
520\r
521If you only supply one argument, it is assumed to be the amount you\r
522wish returned.\r
523\r
524Furthermore, it can take the same arguments as C<retrieve> can.\r
525\r
526=cut\r
527\r
528sub first {\r
529 my $self = shift;\r
530\r
531 my $amt = @_ == 1 ? shift : 1;\r
532 return $self->retrieve( amount => $amt, @_, chrono => 1 );\r
533}\r
534\r
535=head2 last\r
536\r
537This is a shortcut for retrieving the last item(s) stored on the\r
538stack. It will default to only retrieving one if called with no\r
539arguments, and will always return results in reverse chronological\r
540order.\r
541\r
542If you only supply one argument, it is assumed to be the amount you\r
543wish returned.\r
544\r
545Furthermore, it can take the same arguments as C<retrieve> can.\r
546\r
547=cut\r
548\r
549sub final {\r
550 my $self = shift;\r
551\r
552 my $amt = @_ == 1 ? shift : 1;\r
553 return $self->retrieve( amount => $amt, @_, chrono => 0 );\r
554}\r
555\r
556=head2 flush\r
557\r
558This removes all items from the stack and returns them to the caller\r
559\r
560=cut\r
561\r
562sub flush {\r
563 my $self = shift;\r
564 \r
565 return splice @{$self->{STACK}};\r
566}\r
567\r
568=head1 SEE ALSO\r
569\r
570L<Log::Message::Item>, L<Log::Message::Handlers>, L<Log::Message::Config>\r
571\r
572=head1 AUTHOR\r
573\r
574This module by\r
575Jos Boumans E<lt>kane@cpan.orgE<gt>.\r
576\r
577=head1 Acknowledgements\r
578\r
579Thanks to Ann Barcomb for her suggestions.\r
580\r
581=head1 COPYRIGHT\r
582\r
583This module is\r
584copyright (c) 2002 Jos Boumans E<lt>kane@cpan.orgE<gt>.\r
585All rights reserved.\r
586\r
587This library is free software;\r
588you may redistribute and/or modify it under the same\r
589terms as Perl itself.\r
590\r
591=cut\r
592\r
5931;\r
594\r
595# Local variables:\r
596# c-indentation-style: bsd\r
597# c-basic-offset: 4\r
598# indent-tabs-mode: nil\r
599# End:\r
600# vim: expandtab shiftwidth=4:\r