NAME

       Lire::Logger - Lire's logging interface.

SYNOPSIS

       Any program:

           use Lire::Logger qw/ lr_info lr_debug lr_warn /;

           lr_info( "doing stuff " );
           lr_debug( "debugging information" );
           lr_warn( "encountered unexpected value: ", $value );
           open( CFGFILE, "my.conf" ) or lr_err( "open error: ", $! );

DESCRIPTION

       This module contains functions that should be used by everything in the Lire framework
       which should need logging.

       All logging functions take any number of parameters that will be joined together to form
       the message (like print(), die(), warn() and friends).

   lr_emerg()
       This logs a message at the "emerg" level and aborts your program. This probably shouldn't
       be used.

   lr_crit()
       This logs a message at the "crit" level and aborts your program. This should only be used
       when something is really broken in the Lire program or the environment. It is used a few
       places in Lire when assertion that should really never fail (like a DLF file with the
       wrong number of fields).

   lr_err()
       This logs a message at the "err" level and usually aborts your program. (It is the
       equivalent of a die().) The program won't abort if it's used in an eval block. Uses this
       for error condition.

   lr_warn()
       This logs a message at the "warning" level. Perl's builtin warn is mapped to this
       function. Use this for non-fatal errors.

   lr_notice()
       This logs a message at the "notice" level. This should be used for significant
       informational messages that the user should see. (By default, the user will only see
       messages at level "notice" or higher.)

   lr_info()
       This logs a message at the "info" level. Use this for general informational messages.

   lr_debug()
       This logs a message at the "debug" level. Use this for debugging messages.

SEE ALSO

       Lire::Program(3pm)

AUTHOR

         Francis J. Lacoste <flacoste@logreport.org>

VERSION

       $Id: Logger.pm,v 1.10 2006/07/23 13:16:29 vanbaal Exp $

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2001-2003 Stichting LogReport Foundation LogReport@LogReport.org

       This file is part of Lire.

       Lire is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
       General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
       the License, or (at your option) any later version.

       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
       without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
       See the GNU General Public License for more details.

       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program
       (see COPYING); if not, check with http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html.