SYNOPSIS
use App::Info::Category::FooApp;
use App::Info::Handler::Print;
my $stdout = App::Info::Handler::Print->new( fh => 'stdout' );
my $app = App::Info::Category::FooApp->new( on_info => $stdout );
# Or...
my $app = App::Info::Category::FooApp->new( on_error => 'stderr' );
DESCRIPTION
App::Info::Handler::Print objects handle App::Info events by printing their messages to a filehandle. This means that if you want event messages to print to a file or to a system filehandle, you can easily do it with this class. You'll find, however, that App::Info::Handler::Print is most effective for info and error events; unknown and prompt events are better handled by event handlers that know how to prompt users for data. See App::Info::Handler::Prompt for an example of that functionality.Upon loading, App::Info::Handler::Print registers itself with App::Info::Handler, setting up a couple of strings that can be passed to an App::Info concrete subclass constructor. These strings are shortcuts that tell App::Info how to create the proper App::Info::Handler::Print object for handling events. The registered strings are:
- stdout
- Prints event messages to "STDOUT".
- stderr
- Prints event messages to "STDERR".
See the "new()" constructor below for how to have App::Info::Handler::Print print event messages to different filehandle.
INTERFACE
Constructor
new
my $stderr_handler = App::Info::Handler::Print->new; $stderr_handler = App::Info::Handler::Print->new( fh => 'stderr' ); my $stdout_handler = App::Info::Handler::Print->new( fh => 'stdout' ); my $fh = FileHandle->new($file); my $fh_handler = App::Info::Handler::Print->new( fh => $fh );
Constructs a new App::Info::Handler::Print and returns it. It can take a single parameterized argument, "fh", which can be any one of the following values:
- stderr
- Constructs a App::Info::Handler::Print object that prints App::Info event messages to "STDERR".
- stdout
- Constructs a App::Info::Handler::Print object that prints App::Info event messages to "STDOUT".
- FileHandle
- GLOB
- Pass in a reference and App::Info::Handler::Print will assume that it's a filehandle reference that it can print to. Note that passing in something that can't be printed to will trigger an exception when App::Info::Handler::Print tries to print to it.
If the "fh" parameter is not passed, "new()" will default to creating an App::Info::Handler::Print object that prints App::Info event messages to "STDOUT".
handler
This method is called by App::Info to print out the message from events.
SUPPORT
This module is stored in an open GitHub repository <http://github.com/theory/app-info/>. Feel free to fork and contribute!Please file bug reports via GitHub Issues <http://github.com/theory/app-info/issues/> or by sending mail to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.
AUTHOR
David E. Wheeler <[email protected]>COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (c) 2002-2011, David E. Wheeler. Some Rights Reserved.This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.