NAME
----

    MooseX::Log::Log4perl - A Logging Role for Moose based on Log::Log4perl

SYNOPSIS
--------

        package MyApp;
        use Moose;

        with 'MooseX::Log::Log4perl';

        sub something {
            my ($self) = @_;
            $self->log->debug("started bar");    ### logs with default class catergory "MyApp"
            ...
            $self->log('special')->info('bar');  ### logs with category "special"
            ...
            $self->log('.special')->info('bar'); ### logs with category "MyApp.special"
            $self->log('::special')->info('bar');### logs with category "MyApp.special"
        }

DESCRIPTION
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A logging role building a very lightweight wrapper to Log::Log4perl for
use with your Moose or Moo classes. The initialization of the Log4perl
instance must be performed prior to logging the first log message.
Otherwise the default initialization will happen, probably not doing the
things you expect.

For compatibility the "logger" attribute can be accessed to use a common
interface for application logging.

Using the logger within a class is as simple as consuming a role:

    package MyClass;
    use Moose;
    with 'MooseX::Log::Log4perl';

    sub dummy {
        my $self = shift;
        $self->log->info("Dummy log entry");
    }

The logger needs to be setup before using the logger, which could happen
in the main application:

    package main;
    use Log::Log4perl qw(:easy);
    use MyClass;

    BEGIN { Log::Log4perl->easy_init() };

    my $myclass = MyClass->new();
    $myclass->log->info("In my class"); # Access the log of the object
    $myclass->dummy;                    # Will log "Dummy log entry"

EVEN SIMPLER USE
----------------

For simple logging needs use MooseX::Log::Log4perl::Easy to directly add
log_<level> methods to your class instance.

    $self->log_info("Dummy");

USING WITH MOO INSTEAD OF MOOSE
-------------------------------

As this module is using Moo, you can use it with Moo instead of Moose too.
This will allow to simple use it as documented above in a Moo based application,
like shown in the example below:

This is your class consuming the MooseX::Log::Log4perl role.

    package MyCat;
    use Moo;

    with 'MooseX::Log::Log4perl';

    sub catch_it {
        my $self = shift;
        $self->log->debug("Say Miau");
    }

Which can be simply used in your main application then.

    package main;
    use MyCat;
    use Log::Log4perl qw(:easy);
    BEGIN { Log::Log4perl->easy_init() };

    my $log = Log::Log4perl->get_logger();
    $log->info("Application startup...");
    MyCat->new()->catch_it();   ### Will log "Dummy dodo"

ACCESSORS
---------

### logger

The "logger" attribute holds the Log::Log4perl object that implements all
logging methods for the defined log levels, such as "debug" or "error". As
this method is defined also in other logging roles/systems like
MooseX::Log::LogDispatch this can be thought of as a common logging
interface.

    package MyApp::View::JSON;

    extends 'MyApp::View';
    with 'MooseX:Log::Log4perl';

    sub bar {
      $self->logger->info("Everything fine so far");    # logs a info message
      $self->logger->debug("Something is fishy here");  # logs a debug message
    }

### log([$category])

Basically the same as logger, but also allowing to change the log category
for this log message. If the category starts with a "+", we pre-pend the
current class (what would have been the category if you didn't specify
one).

     if ($myapp->log->is_debug()) {
         $myapp->log->debug("Woot"); # category is class myapp
     }
     $myapp->log("TempCat")->info("Foobar"); # category TempCat
     $myapp->log->info("Grumble"); # category class again myapp
     $myapp->log(".TempCat")->info("Foobar"); # category myapp.TempCat
     $myapp->log("::TempCat")->info("Foobar"); # category myapp.TempCat

SEE ALSO
--------

Log::Log4perl, Moose, Moo, MooX::Log::Any, MooX::Role::Logger

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
--------------------

Please report any issues at <https://github.com/lammel/moosex-log-log4perl>

Or come bother us in "#moose" on "irc.perl.org".

AUTHOR
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Roland Lammel <lammel@cpan.org>

Inspired by the work by Chris Prather <perigrin@cpan.org> and Ash Berlin
<ash@cpan.org> on MooseX::LogDispatch

CONTRIBUTORS
------------

In alphabetical order:

* abraxxa for Any::Moose deprectation
* Michael Schilli <m@perlmeister.com> for Log::Log4perl and interface suggestions
* omega for catgory prefix support
* Tim Bunce <TIMB@cpan.org> for corrections in the MooseX::Log::Log4perl::Easy module.

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
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Copyright (c) 2008-2016, Roland Lammel <lammel@cpan.org>, http://www.quikit.at

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