Log::Report::Dispatcher::Syslog(3) send messages to syslog

INHERITANCE

 Log::Report::Dispatcher::Syslog
   is a Log::Report::Dispatcher

SYNOPSIS


# add syslog dispatcher
dispatcher SYSLOG => 'syslog', accept => 'NOTICE-'
, format_reason => 'IGNORE'
, to_prio => [ 'ALERT-' => 'err' ];
# disable default dispatcher, when daemon
dispatcher close => 'default';

DESCRIPTION

This dispatchers produces output to syslog, based on the Sys::Syslog module (which will NOT be automatically installed for you, because some systems have a problem with this dependency).

The REASON for a message often uses names which are quite similar to the log-levels used by syslog. However: they have a different purpose. The REASON is used by the programmer to indicate the cause of the message: whether it was able to handle a certain situation. The syslog levels are there for the user's of the program (with syslog usually the system administrators). It is not unusual to see a ``normal'' error or mistake as a very serious situation in a production environment. So, you may wish to translate any message above reason MISTAKE into a LOG_CRIT.

The default translation table is list below. You can change the mapping using new(to_prio). See example in SYNOPSIS. 

  TRACE   => LOG_DEBUG    ERROR   => LOG_ERR
  ASSERT  => LOG_DEBUG    FAULT   => LOG_ERR
  INFO    => LOG_INFO     ALERT   => LOG_ALERT
  NOTICE  => LOG_NOTICE   FAILURE => LOG_EMERG
  WARNING => LOG_WARNING  PANIC   => LOG_CRIT
  MISTAKE => LOG_WARNING

Extends ``DESCRIPTION'' in Log::Report::Dispatcher.

METHODS

Extends ``METHODS'' in Log::Report::Dispatcher.

Constructors

Extends ``Constructors'' in Log::Report::Dispatcher.
$obj->close()
Inherited, see ``Constructors'' in Log::Report::Dispatcher
Log::Report::Dispatcher::Syslog->new($type, $name, %options)
With syslog, people tend not to include the REASON of the message in the logs, because that is already used to determine the destination of the message. 

 -Option        --Defined in             --Default
  accept          Log::Report::Dispatcher  depend on mode
  charset                                  'utf8'
  facility                                 'user'
  flags                                    'pid,nowait'
  format                                   <unchanged>
  format_reason   Log::Report::Dispatcher  'IGNORE'
  identity                                 <basename $0>
  include_domain                           <false>
  locale          Log::Report::Dispatcher  <system locale>
  logsocket                                undef
  mode            Log::Report::Dispatcher  'NORMAL'
  to_prio                                  []
accept => REASONS
charset => CHARSET
Translate the text-strings into the specified charset, otherwise the sysadmin may get unreadable text.
facility => STRING
The possible values for this depend (a little) on the system. POSIX only defines "user", and "local0" up to "local7".
flags => STRING
Any combination of flags as defined by Sys::Syslog, for instance "pid", "ndelay", and "nowait".
format => CODE
[1.10] With a CODE reference you get your hands on the text before it gets sent to syslog. The three parameters are: the (translated) text, the related text domain object, and the message object. You may want to use context information from the latter.
format_reason => 'UPPERCASE'|'LOWERCASE'|'UCFIRST'|'IGNORE'|CODE
identity => STRING
include_domain => BOOLEAN
[1.00] Include the text-domain of the message in each logged message.
locale => LOCALE
logsocket => 'unix'|'inet'|'stream'|HASH
If specified, the log socket type will be initialized to this before "openlog()" is called. If not specified, the system default is used.
mode => 'NORMAL'|'VERBOSE'|'ASSERT'|'DEBUG'|0..3
to_prio => ARRAY-of-PAIRS
See reasonToPrio().

Accessors

Extends ``Accessors'' in Log::Report::Dispatcher.
$obj->format( [CODE] )
Returns the CODE ref which formats the syslog line.
$obj->isDisabled()
Inherited, see ``Accessors'' in Log::Report::Dispatcher
$obj->mode()
Inherited, see ``Accessors'' in Log::Report::Dispatcher
$obj->name()
Inherited, see ``Accessors'' in Log::Report::Dispatcher
$obj->needs( [$reason] )
Inherited, see ``Accessors'' in Log::Report::Dispatcher
$obj->type()
Inherited, see ``Accessors'' in Log::Report::Dispatcher

Logging

Extends ``Logging'' in Log::Report::Dispatcher.
$obj->addSkipStack(@CODE)
Log::Report::Dispatcher::Syslog->addSkipStack(@CODE)
Inherited, see ``Logging'' in Log::Report::Dispatcher
$obj->collectLocation()
Log::Report::Dispatcher::Syslog->collectLocation()
Inherited, see ``Logging'' in Log::Report::Dispatcher
$obj->collectStack( [$maxdepth] )
Log::Report::Dispatcher::Syslog->collectStack( [$maxdepth] )
Inherited, see ``Logging'' in Log::Report::Dispatcher
$obj->log(HASH-$of-%options, $reason, $message, $domain)
Inherited, see ``Logging'' in Log::Report::Dispatcher
$obj->reasonToPrio($reason)
Returns a level which is understood by syslog(3), based on a translation table. This can be changed with new(to_prio).
$obj->skipStack()
Inherited, see ``Logging'' in Log::Report::Dispatcher
$obj->stackTraceLine(%options)
Log::Report::Dispatcher::Syslog->stackTraceLine(%options)
Inherited, see ``Logging'' in Log::Report::Dispatcher
$obj->translate(HASH-$of-%options, $reason, $message)
Inherited, see ``Logging'' in Log::Report::Dispatcher

DETAILS

Extends ``DETAILS'' in Log::Report::Dispatcher.

LICENSE

Copyrights 2007-2016 by [Mark Overmeer]. For other contributors see ChangeLog.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html

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