NAME Catalyst::Plugin::Log::Message - Alternative catalyst log module SYNOPSIS package MyAPP; use Catalyst qw/Log::Message/; package MyAPP::Controller::Tester; sub logthis : Local { my ($self, $c) = @_; $c->logger->debug('Entering user mode'); ### Doing something user here if ($msg =~ /no such user/i) { $c->logger->error('Ok, critical error, abort'); ### Send most critical last message to screen of user $c->stash->{error} = $c->logger->retrieve_last(qw/error/); ### Send stack to file or something $c->doing_something_savy($c->logger->stack_as_string); } } DESCRIPTION "Catalyst::Log::Message" is an alternative module providing extra logging possibilities for the developer. Extra options include the possibility to read the stack of errors from the current request in string or array form, retrieve the last error matching a specific level etc. The stack is flushed after every request. We chose to create another method on the Catalyst context object, because the log method provided to much information for a good trackdown of errors. Object Methods The following methods are available for the developer. $c->logger->flush() Will flush the stack $c->logger->stack() In scalar context it will return the first item and in list context, it will return all of them. $c->logger->stack_as_string() Return the entire stack of this request in a stringified way $c->logger->retrieve([ $STRINGTAG ]) Retrieve an array of "Log::Message" objects matching the optional tag (tag can be error handlers like error,debug,fatal etc) $c->logger->retrieve_last([ $STRINGTAG ]) Retrieve the last message on the stack matching the optional tag. AUTHOR This module by Michiel Ootjers . and Jos Boumans . BUG REPORTS Please submit all bugs regarding "Catalyst::Plugin::Log::Message" to "bug-catalyst-plugin-log-message@rt.cpan.org" COPYRIGHT This module is copyright (c) 2002 Michiel Ootjers . All rights reserved. This library is free software; you may redistribute and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.