NAME

       Log::Log4perl::Appender::TestBuffer - Appender class for testing

SYNOPSIS

         use Log::Log4perl::Appender::TestBuffer;

         my $appender = Log::Log4perl::Appender::TestBuffer->new(
             name      => 'mybuffer',
         );

             # Append to the buffer
         $appender->log(
             level =  > 'alert',
             message => "I'm searching the city for sci-fi wasabi\n"
         );

             # Retrieve the result
         my $result = $appender->buffer();

             # Clear the buffer to the empty string
         $appender->clear();

DESCRIPTION

       This class is used for internal testing of "Log::Log4perl". It is a "Log::Dispatch"-style
       appender, which writes to a buffer in memory, from where actual results can be easily
       retrieved later to compare with expected results.

       Every buffer created is stored in an internal global array, and can later be referenced by
       name:

           my $app = Log::Log4perl::Appender::TestBuffer->by_name("mybuffer");

       retrieves the appender object of a previously created buffer "mybuffer".  To reset this
       global array and have it forget all of the previously created testbuffer appenders
       (external references to those appenders nonwithstanding), use

           Log::Log4perl::Appender::TestBuffer->reset();

SEE ALSO

LICENSE

       Copyright 2002-2013 by Mike Schilli <m@perlmeister.com> and Kevin Goess <cpan@goess.org>.

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

AUTHOR

       Please contribute patches to the project on Github:

           http://github.com/mschilli/log4perl

       Send bug reports or requests for enhancements to the authors via our

       MAILING LIST (questions, bug reports, suggestions/patches):
       log4perl-devel@lists.sourceforge.net

       Authors (please contact them via the list above, not directly): Mike Schilli
       <m@perlmeister.com>, Kevin Goess <cpan@goess.org>

       Contributors (in alphabetical order): Ateeq Altaf, Cory Bennett, Jens Berthold, Jeremy
       Bopp, Hutton Davidson, Chris R. Donnelly, Matisse Enzer, Hugh Esco, Anthony Foiani, James
       FitzGibbon, Carl Franks, Dennis Gregorovic, Andy Grundman, Paul Harrington, Alexander
       Hartmaier  David Hull, Robert Jacobson, Jason Kohles, Jeff Macdonald, Markus Peter, Brett
       Rann, Peter Rabbitson, Erik Selberg, Aaron Straup Cope, Lars Thegler, David Viner, Mac
       Yang.