Log::Report::Dispatcher::Log4perl(3)

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

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

SYNOPSIS
  # start using log4perl via a config file
  # The name of the dispatcher is the name of the default category.
  dispatcher LOG4PERL => 'logger',
    accept => 'NOTICE-',
    config => "$ENV{HOME}/.log.conf";

  # 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.logger.Logfile          = Log::Log4perl::Appender::File
  log4perl.logger.Logfile.filename = $outfn
  log4perl.logger.Logfile.layout   = Log::Log4perl::Layout::PatternLayout
  log4perl.logger.Logfile.layout.ConversionPattern = %d %F{1} %L> %m
  __CONFIG

  dispatcher 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).

Extends "DESCRIPTION" in Log::Report::Dispatcher.

  Reasons <--> Levels
The REASONs for a message in Log::Report are names quite similar to the log levels used by Log::Log4perl. The default mapping is list below. You can change the mapping using new(to_level).

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

  Categories
"Log::Report" uses text-domains for translation tables. These are also used as categories for the Log4perl infrastructure. So, typically every module start with:

  use Log::Report 'my-text-domain', %more_options;

Now, if there is a logger inside the log4perl configuration which is named 'my-text-domain', that will be used. Otherwise, the name of the dispatcher is used to select the logger.

Limitiations

The global $caller_depth concept of Log::Log4perl is broken. That variable is used to find the filename and line number of the logged messages. But these messages may have been caught, rerouted, eval'ed, and otherwise followed a unpredictable multi-leveled path before it reached the Log::Log4perl dispatcher. This means that layout patterns %F and %L are not useful in the generic case, maybe in your specific case.

METHODS
Extends "METHODS" in Log::Report::Dispatcher.

  Constructors
Extends "Constructors" in Log::Report::Dispatcher.

$class->new($type, $name, %options)
    The Log::Log4perl infrastructure has all settings in a configuration file. In that file, you should find a category with the $name. Improves base, see "Constructors" in Log::Report::Dispatcher

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

    accept => $reasons|\@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.

        By default, it is expected that Log::Log4perl has been initialized externally. That module uses global variables to communicate, which should be present before any logging is attempted.

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

  Attributes
Extends "Attributes" in Log::Report::Dispatcher.

$obj->isDisabled()
    Inherited, see "Attributes" in Log::Report::Dispatcher

$obj->logger( [$domain] )
    Returns the Log::Log4perl::Logger object which is used for logging. When there is no specific logger for this $domain (logger with the exact name of the $domain) the default logger is being used, with the name of this dispatcher.

$obj->mode()
    Inherited, see "Attributes" in Log::Report::Dispatcher

$obj->name()
    Inherited, see "Attributes" in Log::Report::Dispatcher

$obj->needs( [$reason] )
    Inherited, see "Attributes" in Log::Report::Dispatcher

$obj->type()
    Inherited, see "Attributes" in Log::Report::Dispatcher

  Logging
Extends "Logging" in Log::Report::Dispatcher.

$any->addSkipStack(@CODE)
    Inherited, see "Logging" in Log::Report::Dispatcher

$obj->close()
    Inherited, see "Logging" in Log::Report::Dispatcher

$any->collectLocation()
    Inherited, see "Logging" in Log::Report::Dispatcher

$any->collectStack( [$maxdepth] )
    Inherited, see "Logging" in Log::Report::Dispatcher

$obj->log(\%options, $reason, $message, $domain)
    Inherited, 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).

    » example:

      use Log::Log4perl     qw/:levels/;

      # by default, ALERTs are output as $FATAL
      dispatcher Log::Log4perl => 'logger',
        to_level => [ ALERT => $ERROR, ],
        ...;

$obj->skipStack()
    Inherited, see "Logging" in Log::Report::Dispatcher

$any->stackTraceLine(%options)
    Inherited, see "Logging" in Log::Report::Dispatcher

$obj->translate(\%options, $reason, $message)
    Inherited, see "Logging" in Log::Report::Dispatcher

DETAILS
Extends "DETAILS" in Log::Report::Dispatcher.

DIAGNOSTICS

Error: Log4perl level '$level' must be in 0-5
    Cast by new()

SEE ALSO
This module is part of Log-Report version 1.46, built on June 16, 2026. Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/CPAN/

LICENSE
For contributors see file ChangeLog.

This software is copyright (c) 2007-2026 by Mark Overmeer.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.