Log::Log4perl::Resurrector - Dark Magic to resurrect hidden L4p statements
Loading use Log::Log4perl::Resurrector causes subsequently loaded
modules to have their hidden
###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
use Foobar;
all hidden Log4perl statements will be ignored.
However, if a script loads the module Foobar after loading
Log::Log4perl::Resurrector, as in
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
###l4p use Log::Log4perl qw(:easy);
###l4p DEBUG(...)
###l4p INFO(...)
...
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!
=head1 LICENSE
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.
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