---
name: "Zonemaster::Engine::Logger::Entry"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libzonemaster-perl"
version: "7.1.0-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Zonemaster::Engine::Logger::Entry"
---

# Zonemaster::Engine::Logger::Entry(3pm)

module for single log entries

## NAME

Zonemaster::Engine::Logger::Entry - module for single log entries

## SYNOPSIS

```
    Zonemaster::Engine->logger->add( TAG => { some => 'arguments' });
```

There should never be a need to create a log entry object in isolation. They should always be associated with and created via a logger object.

## CLASS METHODS

- new

  Construct a new object.

- levels

  Returns a hash where the keys are log levels as strings and the corresponding values their numeric value.

- **start\_time\_now()**

  Set the logger's start time to the current time.

- **reset\_config()**

  Clear the test level cached configuration.

## ATTRIBUTES

- module

  The name of the module associated to the entry, or "System".

- testcase

  The name of the test case which generated the entry, or "Unspecified".

- tag

  The tag that was set when the entry was created.

- args

  The argument hash reference that was provided when the entry was created.

- timestamp

  The time after the current program started running when this entry was created. This is a floating-point value with the precision provided by Time::HiRes.

- level

  The log level associated to this log entry.

## METHODS

- string

  Simple method to generate a string representation of the log entry. Overloaded to the stringification operator.

- argstr

  Returns the string representation of the message arguments.

- printable\_args

  Used to transform data from an internal/JSON representation to a "user friendly" representation one.

- numeric\_level

  Returns the log level of the entry in numeric form.