SYNOPSIS

Net::XMPP::Debug is a module that provides a developer easy access
to logging debug information.

DESCRIPTION

  Debug is a helper module for the Net::XMPP modules.  It provides
  the Net::XMPP modules with an object to control where, how, and
  what is logged.

Basic Functions

    $Debug = new Net::XMPP::Debug();
    $Debug->Init(level=>2,
                     file=>"stdout",
                     header=>"MyScript");
    $Debug->Log0("Connection established");

METHODS

Basic Functions

    new(hash) - creates the Debug object.  The hash argument is passed
                to the Init function.  See that function description
                below for the valid settings.
    Init(level=>integer,  - initializes the debug object.  The level
         file=>string,      determines the maximum level of debug
         header=>string,    messages to log:
         setdefault=>0|1,     0 - Base level Output (default)
         usedefault=>0|1,     1 - High level API calls
         time=>0|1)           2 - Low level API calls
                              ...
                              N - Whatever you want....
                            The file determines where the debug log
                            goes.  You can either specify a path to
                            a file, or "stdout" (the default).  "stdout"
                            tells Debug to send all of the debug info
                            sent to this object to go to stdout.
                            header is a string that will preappended
                            to the beginning of all log entries.  This
                            makes it easier to see what generated the
                            log entry (default is "Debug").
                            setdefault saves the current filehandle
                            and makes it available for other Debug
                            objects to use.  To use the default set
                            usedefault to 1.  The time parameter
                            specifies whether or not to add a timestamp
                            to the beginning of each logged line.
    LogN(array) - Logs the elements of the array at the corresponding
                  debug level N.  If you pass in a reference to an
                  array or hash then they are printed in a readable
                  way.  (ie... Log0, Log2, Log100, etc...)

EXAMPLE

  $Debug = new Net::XMPP:Debug(level=>2,
                               header=>"Example");
    $Debug->Log0("test");
    $Debug->Log2("level 2 test");
    $hash{a} = "atest";
    $hash{b} = "btest";
    $Debug->Log1("hashtest",\%hash);
  You would get the following log:
    Example: test
    Example: level 2 test
    Example: hashtest { a=>"atest" b=>"btest" }
  If you had set the level to 1 instead of 2 you would get:
    Example: test
    Example: hashtest { a=>"atest" b=>"btest" }

AUTHOR

Ryan Eatmon

COPYRIGHT

This module is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the LGPL.