NAME

WWW::Domain::Registry::Joker::Loggish - a simple logging helper

SYNOPSIS

  use WWW::Domain::Registry::Joker::Loggish;

  @ISA = qw/WWW::Domain::Registry::Joker::Loggish/;

  $self = WWW::Domain::Registry::Joker::Loggish::new($proto,
        'debug' => 1);

  $self->debug('Diagnostics for the masses');
  $self->error('Nobody loves me!');

  $self->log('notice', 'Something important is about to happen');
  $self->log('debug', 'Nobody ever bothers to read those...');

DESCRIPTION

The WWW::Domain::Registry::Joker::Loggish class provides a simple logging interface, implemented using the Log::Dispatch module. It is meant to serve as a parent class providing the log(), debug(), and error() methods so that other classes do not have to worry about implementing them.

METHODS

The WWW::Domain::Registry::Joker::Loggish class provides the following methods:

• new ( PARAMS )

  Create a new WWW::Domain::Registry::Joker::Loggish object with the specified parameters:

  • debug

    A boolean flag for the output of diagnostic messages - should the debug() method actually display the message passed or simply ignore it.

  • log

    The Log::Dispatch object to use for the output; if not passed, a new object will be created at first use - see the logger() method below.

• logger ( [OBJECT] )

  Get or set the Log::Dispatch object used for the actual logging.

  If no object is specified and no logging object has been set yet, this method will create a Log::Dispatch object and a Log::Dispatch::Screen destination set to output to the standard error stream. If tis does not suit the needs of the application, it should invoke the logger() method and pass its own Log::Dispatch handler. This may also be done at object creation time by passing the log parameter to the new() method.

• log ( LEVEL, MESSAGE )

  Log the specified message at the specified level.

  This method invokes the logger() method, so that a Log::Dispatch object will be created automatically at first use if none has been specified.

• debug ( MESSAGE )

  Log a message with a priority of 'debug' using the log() method. Note that whether the message will actually be logged or not will depend on the setting of the debug property at object creation time.

• error ( MESSAGE )

  Log a message with a priority of 'error' using the log() method.

SEE ALSO

Log::Dispatch

BUGS

• Maybe there ought to be a way to toggle the display of diagnostic messages after the object has been created.

HISTORY

The WWW::Domain::Registry::Joker::Loggish class was written by Peter Pentchev in 2007.

AUTHOR

Peter Pentchev, <roam@ringlet.net>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2007 by Peter Pentchev

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.8 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.