SYNOPSIS

use RefDB::Log;

my $log = RefDB::Log::->new("FILE", "INFO", "/var/log/testdata.out", "myapp.pl");
## this message should appear
$log->log_print("ERR", "first test message");
## this message should not appear
$log->log_print("DEBUG", "second test message");
$log->close();
DESCRIPTION

RefDB::Log defines a class that povides logging support to RefDB applications. After creating a Log object with appropriate settings for log level, log destination, the path to a log file (if logdest is ``File''), and a string that is prepended to log messages, calls to the log_print() function will send a log message to the appropriate destination if the log level permits this.

FEEDBACK

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AUTHOR

Markus Hoenicka, [email protected]

new

Title : new

Usage : $pm = new RefDB::Log();

Function: Creates a new Log object

Argument: log destination (0|1|2 or STDERR|SYSLOG|FILE)
          log level (0-7 or ALERT|CRIT|ERR|WARNING|NOTICE|INFO|DEBUG)
          log file (path to custom log file if destination is 2)
          prefix for log messages (denotes where the log is from)

Return : a Log object

num_loglevel

Title : num_loglevel

Usage : $level = log->num_loglevel(``ALERT'')

Function: Calculates the numeric log level from either a numeric or
          alphanumeric value

Argument: log level (0-7 or ALERT|CRIT|ERR|WARNING|NOTICE|INFO|DEBUG)

Return : numeric log level

num_logdest

Title : num_logdest

Usage : $dest = log->num_logdest(``SYSLOG'')

Function: Calculates the numeric log destination from either a numeric or
          alphanumeric value

Argument: log dest (0-2 or STDERR|SYSLOG|FILE)

Return : numeric log dest

log_print

Title : log_print

Usage : $log->log_print(``ERR'', ``could not open file'')

Function: sends a log message to the selected destination

Argument: priority (ALERT|CRIT|ERR|WARNING|NOTICE|INFO|DEBUG)
          message

close

Title : close

Usage : $log->close()

Function: closes the log destination