NAME

Bio::GMOD::Util::Status - Message processing for Bio::GMOD

SYNPOSIS

None. See below.

DESCRIPTION

Bio::GMOD::Util::Status provides a variety of methods for processing messages and handling errors throughout Bio::GMOD.

PUBLIC METHODS

$self->logit(@options)

Log a message to STDERR. The message will be prefaced with the date and time.

 Options:
 -msg  The message to log
 -die  Die after logging the message

$self->warning(@options)

Log a message to STDERR but with a small flag to set it off from other messages.

 Options:
 -msg  The message to log

$self->test_for_error($result,$msg);

Test a return value for success, logging (and dying) a failure or passing a warning if successful.

$self->fetch_date()

Return a formatted date string.

$self->status_string(@options);

Return a formatted string showing date, condition tested and result. This function is used predominantly for monitoring the status of an installation, generating a clean string for sending in emails, logging, etc.

 eg:
 [22 Feb 2005 08:22:22] Restarting mysqld ............. [OK]

 Options:
 -timing   usually one of initial (status before test)
           or final (status after test)
 -msg      The actual test message
 -status   The status of the result (ie OK, Failed)

$self->set_status_flags($timing,$status);

Set various internal status flags of Bio::GMOD::Monitor::* objects. These include "is_up", "is_down", "initial_status", "final_status" as described for status_string above. See Bio::GMOD::Monitor for additional details in who these flags are used to indicate the status of particular servers or services.

BUGS

None reported.

SEE ALSO

Bio::GMOD

AUTHOR

Todd W. Harris <harris@cshl.edu>.

Copyright (c) 2003-2005 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

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