package Log::Dispatch::Email; use strict; use warnings; use Log::Dispatch::Output; use base qw( Log::Dispatch::Output ); use Params::Validate qw(validate SCALAR ARRAYREF BOOLEAN); Params::Validate::validation_options( allow_extra => 1 ); our $VERSION = '1.19'; sub new { my $proto = shift; my $class = ref $proto || $proto; my %p = validate( @_, { subject => { type => SCALAR, default => "$0: log email" }, to => { type => SCALAR | ARRAYREF }, from => { type => SCALAR, optional => 1 }, buffered => { type => BOOLEAN, default => 1 }, } ); my $self = bless {}, $class; $self->_basic_init(%p); $self->{subject} = $p{subject} || "$0: log email"; $self->{to} = ref $p{to} ? $p{to} : [$p{to}]; $self->{from} = $p{from}; # Default to buffered for obvious reasons! $self->{buffered} = $p{buffered}; $self->{buffer} = [] if $self->{buffered}; return $self; } sub log_message { my $self = shift; my %p = @_; if ($self->{buffered}) { push @{ $self->{buffer} }, $p{message}; } else { $self->send_email(@_); } } sub send_email { my $self = shift; my $class = ref $self; die "The send_email method must be overridden in the $class subclass"; } sub flush { my $self = shift; if ($self->{buffered} && @{ $self->{buffer} }) { my $message = join '', @{ $self->{buffer} }; $self->send_email( message => $message ); $self->{buffer} = []; } } sub DESTROY { my $self = shift; $self->flush; } 1; __END__ =head1 NAME Log::Dispatch::Email - Base class for objects that send log messages via email =head1 SYNOPSIS package Log::Dispatch::Email::MySender use Log::Dispatch::Email; use base qw( Log::Dispatch::Email ); sub send_email { my $self = shift; my %p = @_; # Send email somehow. Message is in $p{message} } =head1 DESCRIPTION This module should be used as a base class to implement Log::Dispatch::* objects that send their log messages via email. Implementing a subclass simply requires the code shown in the L with a real implementation of the C method. =head1 METHODS =over 4 =item * new(%p) This method takes a hash of parameters. The following options are valid: =over 8 =item * name ($) The name of the object (not the filename!). Required. =item * min_level ($) The minimum logging level this object will accept. See the Log::Dispatch documentation on L for more information. Required. =item * max_level ($) The maximum logging level this obejct will accept. See the Log::Dispatch documentation on L for more information. This is not required. By default the maximum is the highest possible level (which means functionally that the object has no maximum). =item * subject ($) The subject of the email messages which are sent. Defaults to "$0: log email" =item * to ($ or \@) Either a string or a list reference of strings containing email addresses. Required. =item * from ($) A string containing an email address. This is optional and may not work with all mail sending methods. =item * buffered (0 or 1) This determines whether the object sends one email per message it is given or whether it stores them up and sends them all at once. The default is to buffer messages. =item * callbacks( \& or [ \&, \&, ... ] ) This parameter may be a single subroutine reference or an array reference of subroutine references. These callbacks will be called in the order they are given and passed a hash containing the following keys: ( message => $log_message, level => $log_level ) The callbacks are expected to modify the message and then return a single scalar containing that modified message. These callbacks will be called when either the C or C methods are called and will only be applied to a given message once. =back =item * log_message( message => $ ) Sends a message to the appropriate output. Generally this shouldn't be called directly but should be called through the C method (in Log::Dispatch::Output). =item * send_email(%p) This is the method that must be subclassed. For now the only parameter in the hash is 'message'. =item * flush If the object is buffered, then this method will call the C method to send the contents of the buffer and then clear the buffer. =item * DESTROY On destruction, the object will call C to send any pending email. =back =head1 AUTHOR Dave Rolsky, =cut