Log::Log4perl::Resurrector - Dark Magic to resurrect hidden L4p statements
Loading use Log::Log4perl::Resurrector causes subsequently loaded modules to have their hidden
use Log::Log4perl::Resurrector
###l4p use Log::Log4perl qw(:easy); ###l4p DEBUG(...) ###l4p INFO(...) ...
statements uncommented and therefore 'resurrected', i.e. activated.
This allows for a module Foobar.pm to be written with Log4perl statements commented out and running at full speed in normal mode. When loaded via
Foobar.pm
use Foobar;
all hidden Log4perl statements will be ignored.
However, if a script loads the module Foobar after loading Log::Log4perl::Resurrector, as in
Foobar
Log::Log4perl::Resurrector
use Log::Log4perl::Resurrector; use Foobar;
then Log::Log4perl::Resurrector will have put a source filter in place that will extract all hidden Log4perl statements in Foobar before Foobar actually gets loaded.
Therefore, Foobar will then behave as if the
statements were actually written like
use Log::Log4perl qw(:easy); DEBUG(...) INFO(...) ...
and the module Foobar will indeed be Log4perl-enabled. Whether any activated Log4perl statement will actually trigger log messages, is up to the Log4perl configuration, of course.
There's a startup cost to using Log::Log4perl::Resurrector (all subsequently loaded modules are examined) but once the compilation phase has finished, the perl program will run at full speed.
Some of the techniques used in this module have been stolen from the Acme::Incorporated CPAN module, written by chromatic. Long live CPAN!
Acme::Incorporated
Copyright 2002-2013 by Mike Schilli <m@perlmeister.com> and Kevin Goess <cpan@goess.org>.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
Please contribute patches to the project on Github:
http://github.com/mschilli/log4perl
Send bug reports or requests for enhancements to the authors via our
MAILING LIST (questions, bug reports, suggestions/patches): log4perl-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Authors (please contact them via the list above, not directly): Mike Schilli <m@perlmeister.com>, Kevin Goess <cpan@goess.org>
Contributors (in alphabetical order): Ateeq Altaf, Cory Bennett, Jens Berthold, Jeremy Bopp, Hutton Davidson, Chris R. Donnelly, Matisse Enzer, Hugh Esco, Anthony Foiani, James FitzGibbon, Carl Franks, Dennis Gregorovic, Andy Grundman, Paul Harrington, Alexander Hartmaier David Hull, Robert Jacobson, Jason Kohles, Jeff Macdonald, Markus Peter, Brett Rann, Peter Rabbitson, Erik Selberg, Aaron Straup Cope, Lars Thegler, David Viner, Mac Yang.
To install Log::Log4perl, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Log::Log4perl
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Log::Log4perl
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.