Courier::Filter::Logger::IOHandle(3pm)

Usage

    use Courier::Filter::Logger::IOHandle;
    
    my $logger = Courier::Filter::Logger::IOHandle->new(
        handle => $handle
    );
    
    # For use in an individual filter module:
    my $module = Courier::Filter::Module::My->new(
        ...
        logger => $logger,
        ...
    );
    
    # For use as a global Courier::Filter logger object:
    my $filter = Courier::Filter->new(
        ...
        logger => $logger,
        ...
    );

Overview

This class is an I/O handle logger class for use with Courier::Filter and its filter modules.

Constructor

The following constructor is provided:

new(%options): returns Courier::Filter::Logger::IOHandle

Creates a new logger that logs messages as lines to an I/O handle.

%options is a list of key/value pairs representing any of the following options:

handle: Required. The I/O handle or IO::Handle object to which log messages should be written.

timestamp: A boolean value controlling whether every log message line should be prefixed with a timestamp (in local time, in ISO format). Defaults to false.

Instance methods

The following instance methods are provided:

log_error($text): throws Perl exceptions: Logs the error message given as $text (a string which may contain newlines). Prefixes each line with a timestamp if the "timestamp" option has been set through the constructor.

log_rejected_message($message, $reason): throws Perl exceptions: Logs the Courier::Message given as $message as having been rejected due to $reason (a string which may contain newlines).

Releases

10 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 5 times.