revised documentation for 5.0

[catagits/Catalyst-Runtime.git] / lib / Catalyst / Log.pm

diff --git a/lib/Catalyst/Log.pm b/lib/Catalyst/Log.pm
index 7ae9f07..f2a6aee 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Catalyst/Log.pm
+++ b/lib/Catalyst/Log.pm
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ package Catalyst::Log;
 
 use strict;
 use base 'Class::Accessor::Fast';
+use Data::Dumper;
+
+$Data::Dumper::Terse = 1;
 
 =head1 NAME
 
@@ -9,50 +12,78 @@ Catalyst::Log - Catalyst Log Class
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
+    $log = $c->log;
+    $log->debug(@message);
+    $log->error(@message);
+    $log->info(@message);
+    $log->warn(@message);
+
 See L<Catalyst>.
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-Simple logging functionality for Catalyst.
+This module provides the default, simple logging functionality for 
+Catalyst.
+If you want something different set C<$c->log> in your application 
+module, e.g.:
+
+    $c->log( MyLogger->new );
+
+Your logging object is expected to provide the interface described here.
+
+
+=head1 METHODS
 
-=head2 METHODS
+=over 4
 
-=head3 debug
+=item $log->debug(@message)
 
-Log debug informations.
+Logs a debugging message.
 
 =cut
 
-sub debug { _format( 'debug', $_[1] ) }
+sub debug { shift->_format( 'debug', @_ ) }
 
-=head3 error
+=item $log->error(@message)
 
-Log error informations.
+Logs an error message.
 
 =cut
 
-sub error { _format( 'error', $_[1] ) }
+sub error { shift->_format( 'error', @_ ) }
 
-=head3 info
+=item $log->info(@message)
 
-Log informations.
+Logs an informational message.
 
 =cut
 
-sub info { _format( 'info', $_[1] ) }
+sub info { shift->_format( 'info', @_ ) }
 
-=head3 warn
+=item $log->warn(@message)
 
-Log warnings.
+Logs a warning message.
 
 =cut
 
-sub warn { _format( 'warn', $_[1] ) }
+sub warn { shift->_format( 'warn', @_ ) }
 
 sub _format {
-    print STDERR '[' . localtime(time) . "] [catalyst] [$_[0]] $_[1]\n";
+    my $class   = shift;
+    my $level   = shift;
+    my $time    = localtime(time);
+    my $message = join( "\n", @_ );
+    printf( STDERR "[%s] [catalyst] [%s] %s\n", $time, $level, $message );
 }
 
+=back
+
+=cut
+
+# Private - Logs a Data::Dumper of reference.
+sub _dump { shift->_format( 'dump', Dumper( $_[0] ) ) }
+
+
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
 L<Catalyst>.
@@ -60,11 +91,12 @@ L<Catalyst>.
 =head1 AUTHOR
 
 Sebastian Riedel, C<sri@cpan.org>
+Marcus Ramberg, C<mramberg@cpan.org>
 
 =head1 COPYRIGHT
 
-This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
-the same terms as Perl itself.
+This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify 
+it under the same terms as Perl itself.
 
 =cut