NAME

       Log::Log4perl::MDC - Mapped Diagnostic Context

DESCRIPTION

       Log::Log4perl allows loggers to maintain global thread-specific data, called the Nested
       Diagnostic Context (NDC) and Mapped Diagnostic Context (MDC).

       The MDC is a simple thread-specific hash table, in which the application can stuff values
       under certain keys and retrieve them later via the "%X{key}" placeholder in
       "Log::Log4perl::Layout::PatternLayout"s.

       Log::Log4perl::MDC->put($key, $value);
           Store a value $value under key $key in the map.

       my $value = Log::Log4perl::MDC->get($key);
           Retrieve the content of the map under the specified key.  Typically done by %X{key} in
           "Log::Log4perl::Layout::PatternLayout".  If no value exists to the given key, "undef"
           is returned.

       my $text = Log::Log4perl::MDC->remove();
           Delete all entries from the map.

       Log::Log4perl::MDC->get_context();
           Returns a reference to the hash table.

       Please note that all of the methods above are class methods, there's no instances of this
       class. Since the thread model in perl 5.8.0 is "no shared data unless explicetly
       requested" the data structures used are just global (and therefore thread-specific).

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.