NAME

       Log::Handler::Output::Socket - Send messages to a socket.

SYNOPSIS

           use Log::Handler::Output::Socket;

           my $sock = Log::Handler::Output::Socket->new(
               peeraddr    => "127.0.0.1",
               peerport    => 44444,
               proto       => "tcp",
               timeout     => 10
           );

           $sock->log(message => $message);

DESCRIPTION

       With this module it's possible to send messages over the network.

METHODS

   new()
       Call "new()" to create a new Log::Handler::Output::Socket object.

       The following options are possible:

       peeraddr
           The address of the server.

       peerport
           The port to connect to.

       proto
           The protocol you wish to use. Default is TCP.

       timeout
           The timeout to send message. The default is 5 seconds.

       persistent and reconnect
           With this option you can enable or disable a persistent connection and re-connect if
           the connection was lost.

           Both options are set to 1 on default.

       dump
           Do you like to dump the message? If you enable this option then all messages will be
           dumped with "Data::Dumper".

       dumper
           Do you want to use another dumper as "Data::Dumper"? You can do the following as
           example:

               use Convert::Bencode_XS;

                   dumper => sub { Convert::Bencode_XS::bencode($_[0]) }

               # or maybe

               use JSON::PC;

                   dumper => sub { JSON::PC::convert($_[0]) }

       connect
           This option is only useful if you want to pass your own arguments to
           "IO::Socket::INET" and don't want use "peeraddr" and "peerhost".

           Example:

                   connect => {
                       PerrAddr  => "127.0.0.1",
                       PeerPort  => 44444,
                       LocalPort => 44445
                   }

           This options are passed to "IO::Socket::INET".

   log()
       Call "log()" if you want to send a message over the socket.

       Example:

           $sock->log("message");

   connect()
       Connect to the socket.

   disconnect()
       Disconnect from socket.

   validate()
       Validate a configuration.

   reload()
       Reload with a new configuration.

   errstr()
       This function returns the last error message.

PREREQUISITES

           Carp
           Params::Validate;
           IO::Socket::INET;
           Data::Dumper;

EXPORTS

       No exports.

REPORT BUGS

       Please report all bugs to <jschulz.cpan(at)bloonix.de>.

       If you send me a mail then add Log::Handler into the subject.

AUTHOR

       Jonny Schulz <jschulz.cpan(at)bloonix.de>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2007-2009 by Jonny Schulz. All rights reserved.

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