NAME

       Log::Log4perl::Level - Predefined log levels

SYNOPSIS

         use Log::Log4perl::Level;
         print $ERROR, "\n";

         # -- or --

         use Log::Log4perl qw(:levels);
         print $ERROR, "\n";

DESCRIPTION

       "Log::Log4perl::Level" simply exports a predefined set of Log4perl log levels into the
       caller's name space. It is used internally by "Log::Log4perl". The following scalars are
       defined:

           $OFF
           $FATAL
           $ERROR
           $WARN
           $INFO
           $DEBUG
           $TRACE
           $ALL

       "Log::Log4perl" also exports these constants into the caller's namespace if you pull it in
       providing the ":levels" tag:

           use Log::Log4perl qw(:levels);

       This is the preferred way, there's usually no need to call "Log::Log4perl::Level"
       explicitly.

       The numerical values assigned to these constants are purely virtual, only used by
       Log::Log4perl internally and can change at any time, so please don't make any assumptions.
       You can test for numerical equality by directly comparing two level values, that's ok:

           if( get_logger()->level() == $DEBUG ) {
               print "The logger's level is DEBUG\n";
           }

       But if you want to figure out which of two levels is more verbose, use Log4perl's own
       comparator:

           if( Log::Log4perl::Level::isGreaterOrEqual( $level1, $level2 ) ) {
               print Log::Log4perl::Level::to_level( $level1 ),
                   " is equal or more verbose than ",
                   Log::Log4perl::Level::to_level( $level2 ), "\n";
           }

       If the caller wants to import level constants into a different namespace, it can be
       provided with the "use" command:

           use Log::Log4perl::Level qw(MyNameSpace);

       After this $MyNameSpace::ERROR, $MyNameSpace::INFO etc.  will be defined accordingly.

   Numeric levels and Strings
       Level variables like $DEBUG or $WARN have numeric values that are internal to Log4perl.
       Transform them to strings that can be used in a Log4perl configuration file, use the
       c<to_level()> function provided by Log::Log4perl::Level:

           use Log::Log4perl qw(:easy);
           use Log::Log4perl::Level;

               # prints "DEBUG"
           print Log::Log4perl::Level::to_level( $DEBUG ), "\n";

       To perform the reverse transformation, which takes a string like "DEBUG" and converts it
       into a constant like $DEBUG, use the to_priority() function:

           use Log::Log4perl qw(:easy);
           use Log::Log4perl::Level;

           my $numval = Log::Log4perl::Level::to_priority( "DEBUG" );

       after which $numval could be used where a numerical value is required:

           Log::Log4perl->easy_init( $numval );

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.