NAME

       Log::Report::Dispatcher::Log4perl - send messages to Log::Log4perl back-end

INHERITANCE

        Log::Report::Dispatcher::Log4perl
          is a Log::Report::Dispatcher

SYNOPSIS

        dispatcher Log::Log4perl => 'logger', accept => 'NOTICE-'
          , config => "$ENV{HOME}/.log.conf"
          , to_level => [ 'ALERT-' => $ERROR ];

        # disable default dispatcher
        dispatcher close => 'logger';

        # configuration inline, not in file: adapted from the Log4perl manpage
        my $name    = 'logger';
        my $outfile = '/tmp/a.log';
        my $config  = <<__CONFIG;
        log4perl.category.$name            = INFO, Logfile
        log4perl.appender.Logfile          = Log::Log4perl::Appender::File
        log4perl.appender.Logfile.filename = $outfn
        log4perl.appender.Logfile.layout   = Log::Log4perl::Layout::PatternLayout
        log4perl.appender.Logfile.layout.ConversionPattern = %d %F{1} %L> %m
        __CONFIG

        dispatcher 'Log::Log4perl' => $name, config => \$config;

DESCRIPTION

       This dispatchers produces output tot syslog, based on the "Sys::Log4perl" module (which
       will not be automatically installed for you).

       The REASON for a message often uses names which are quite similar to the log-levels used
       by Log::Dispatch.  However: they have a different approach.  The REASON of Log::Report
       limits the responsibility of the programmer to indicate the cause of the message: whether
       it was able to handle a certain situation.  The Log::Dispatch levels are there for the
       user's of the program.  However: the programmer does not known anything about the
       application (in the general case).  This is cause of much of the trickery in Perl
       programs.

       The default translation table is list below.  You can change the mapping using
       new(to_level).  See example in SYNOPSIS.

         TRACE   => $DEBUG  ERROR   => $ERROR
         ASSERT  => $DEBUG  FAULT   => $ERROR
         INFO    => $INFO   ALERT   => $FATAL
         NOTICE  => $INFO   FAILURE => $FATAL
         WARNING => $WARN   PANIC   => $FATAL
         MISTAKE => $WARN

       See documentation in the base class.

METHODS

       See documentation in the base class.

   Constructors
       See documentation in the base class.

       $obj->close()
           See "Constructors" in Log::Report::Dispatcher

       Log::Report::Dispatcher::Log4perl->new(TYPE, NAME, OPTIONS)
           The Log::Log4perl infrastructure has all information in a configuration file.  In that
           file, you should find a category with the NAME.

            -Option       --Defined in             --Default
             accept         Log::Report::Dispatcher  depend on mode
             charset        Log::Report::Dispatcher  <undef>
             config                                  <required>
             format_reason  Log::Report::Dispatcher  'LOWERCASE'
             locale         Log::Report::Dispatcher  <system locale>
             mode           Log::Report::Dispatcher  'NORMAL'
             to_level                                []

           accept => REASONS
           charset => CHARSET
           config => FILENAME|SCALAR
             When a SCALAR reference is passed in, that must refer to a string which contains the
             configuration text.  Otherwise, specify an existing FILENAME.

           format_reason => 'UPPERCASE'|'LOWERCASE'|'UCFIRST'|'IGNORE'|CODE
           locale => LOCALE
           mode => 'NORMAL'|'VERBOSE'|'ASSERT'|'DEBUG'|0..3
           to_level => ARRAY-of-PAIRS
             See reasonToLevel().

   Accessors
       See documentation in the base class.

       $obj->appender()
           Returns the Log::Log4perl::Logger object which is used for logging.

       $obj->isDisabled()
           See "Accessors" in Log::Report::Dispatcher

       $obj->mode()
           See "Accessors" in Log::Report::Dispatcher

       $obj->name()
           See "Accessors" in Log::Report::Dispatcher

       $obj->needs()
           See "Accessors" in Log::Report::Dispatcher

       $obj->type()
           See "Accessors" in Log::Report::Dispatcher

   Logging
       See documentation in the base class.

       $obj->collectLocation()
       Log::Report::Dispatcher::Log4perl->collectLocation()
           See "Logging" in Log::Report::Dispatcher

       $obj->collectStack([MAXDEPTH])
       Log::Report::Dispatcher::Log4perl->collectStack([MAXDEPTH])
           See "Logging" in Log::Report::Dispatcher

       $obj->log(HASH-of-OPTIONS, REASON, MESSAGE)
           See "Logging" in Log::Report::Dispatcher

       $obj->reasonToLevel(REASON)
           Returns a level which is understood by Log::Dispatch, based on a translation table.
           This can be changed with new(to_level).

       $obj->stackTraceLine(OPTIONS)
       Log::Report::Dispatcher::Log4perl->stackTraceLine(OPTIONS)
           See "Logging" in Log::Report::Dispatcher

       $obj->translate(HASH-of-OPTIONS, REASON, MESSAGE)
           See "Logging" in Log::Report::Dispatcher

DETAILS

       See documentation in the base class.

SEE ALSO

       This module is part of Log-Report distribution version 0.998, built on October 22, 2013.
       Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/log-report/

LICENSE

       Copyrights 2007-2013 by [Mark Overmeer]. For other contributors see ChangeLog.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
       terms as Perl itself.  See http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html