RE: [cgiapp] Re: ANNOUNCE: CGI::Application::Plugin::LogDispatch

["Dan Horne" <suppressed>]

I currently use Log4Perl with C::A but I'm sure that even though it's not a
via plugin, I'm using it in an inefficient manner - any advice appreciated.

In my base class, I set up the name of my config file using
CGI::Application::Plugin::ConfigAuto. I my prerun mode I go

    Log::Log4perl::init( $self->cfg('logger_conf') );
    $self->{logger} = get_logger("cms");

So whenever I want to log I go

    $self->{logger}->debug("my debug message");
    $self->{logger}->error("uh oh");

Is the way I am doing things expensive? I guess I don't get lazy loading,
but then again, log messages are sprinkled everywhere, so maybe lazy loading
is of no advantage to me. To be honest, I've used almost every C::A plugin
out there, under the assumption that the plugin is going to do things more
efficiently for me than using the underlying (config, dbh, session) packages
directly. In other words I use them because I think I should, without
knowing why (other than the advantage of lazy loading). For instance, if
there was a C::A::P::Log4Perl plugin, what would be the benefits?

(On a side note, I must say that I really love Log4Perl and use it
everywhere. I like the way I can change the logging method to screen, db,
email or all three in the config file without a single change in my code,
and I also like the way it can use Log::Dispatch modules like
Log::Dispatch::FileRotate - which has suddenly made half of my log file
housekeeping scripts redundant). Because I use Oracle a lot for my work I'm
planning to use Log4PLSQL (their stored procedure language) so that I can
get a consistent logging idiom throughout my apps (and am trying to
encourage the other developers to use log4net and log4j - but it may be an
uphill battle on that one...)

Dan


-----Original Message-----
From: news [mailto:suppressed On Behalf Of Mark Stosberg
Sent: Tuesday, 14 December 2004 6:31 a.m.
To: suppressed
Subject: [cgiapp] Re: ANNOUNCE: CGI::Application::Plugin::LogDispatch


On 2004-12-13, Cees Hek <suppressed> wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 10:32:43 +0900, Thilo Planz <suppressed> 
> wrote:
>> > I finally got around to wrapping up my Log::Dispatch plugin for 
>> > CGI::App.  I would appreciate some feedback on the features, and 
>> > what can be done to improve it.
>> 
>> I think I like it.
>> I did not know about Log::Dispatch before, just Log4Perl, which 
>> seemed a little too complex for my needs.
>
> That was one of my main reasons for moving to Log::Dispatch.

Cees,

Could you elaborate a little on Log::Dispatch vs Log4Perl? I researched the
options in the past and settled on Log4Perl. 

However, I never got over the initial frustrations of getting to know
Log4Perl stage, and went back to using no formal solution.  I still had the
sense that Log4Perl had all the feature I wanted, but the effort to use it
effectively was more than I wanted to invest, I think.

Having a CGI::App plug-in is certainly one reason to choose Log::Dispatch.
:)

    Mark


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