MooseX::Log::Log4perl(3)

NAME
MooseX::Log::Log4perl - A Logging Role for Moose based on Log::Log4perl

SYNOPSIS
 package MyApp;
 use Moose;
 use Log::Log4perl qw(:easy);

 with 'MooseX::Log::Log4perl';

 BEGIN {
   Log::Log4perl->easy_init();
 }

 sub foo {
   my ($self) = @_;
   $self->log->debug("started bar");    ### logs with default class catergory "MyApp"
   ...
   $self->log('special')->info('bar');  ### logs with category special
 }

DESCRIPTION
A logging role building a very lightweight wrapper to Log::Log4perl for use with your Moose classes. The initialization of the Log4perl instance must be performed prior to logging the first log message. Otherwise the default initialization will happen, probably not doing the things you expect.

For compatibility the "logger" attribute can be accessed to use a common interface for application logging.

For simple logging needs use MooseX::Log::Log4perl::Easy to directly add log_<level> methods to your class instance.

    $self->log_info("Dummy");

ACCESSORS

  logger
The "logger" attribute holds the Log::Log4perl object that implements all logging methods for the defined log levels, such as "debug" or "error". As this method is defined also in other logging roles/systems like MooseX::Log::LogDispatch this can be thought of as a common logging interface.

  package MyApp::View::JSON;

  extends 'MyApp::View';
  with 'MooseX:Log::Log4perl';

  sub bar {
    $self->logger->debug("Something could be crappy here");     # logs a debug message
    $self->logger->debug("Something could be crappy here");     # logs a debug message
  }

  log([$category])
Basically the same as logger, but also allowing to change the log category for this log message.

 if ($myapp->log->is_debug()) {
     $myapp->log->debug("Woot"); # category is class myapp
 }
 $myapp->log("TempCat")->info("Foobar"); # category TempCat
 $myapp->log->info("Grumble"); # category class again myapp

SEE ALSO
Log::Log4perl, Moose, MooseX::LogDispatch

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-moosex-log4perl@rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at <http://rt.cpan.org>.

Or come bother us in "#moose" on "irc.perl.org".

AUTHOR
Roland Lammel "<lammel@cpan.org>"

Inspired by the work by Chris Prather "<perigrin@cpan.org>" and Ash Berlin "<ash@cpan.org>" on MooseX::LogDispatch

CONTRIBUTORS
In alphabetical order:

Michael Schilli "<m@perlmeister.com>" for Log::Log4perl and suggestions in the interface.
Tim Bunce "<TIMB@cpan.org>" for corrections in the MooseX::Log::Log4perl::Easy module.

LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2008-2010, Roland Lammel "<lammel@cpan.org>", http://www.quikit.at. Some rights reserved.

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See perlartistic.