################################################## package Log::Log4perl::Filter::Boolean; ################################################## use 5.006; use strict; use warnings; use Log::Log4perl::Level; use Log::Log4perl::Config; use constant _INTERNAL_DEBUG => 0; use base qw(Log::Log4perl::Filter); ################################################## sub new { ################################################## my ($class, %options) = @_; my $self = { params => {}, %options, }; bless $self, $class; print "Compiling '$options{logic}'\n" if _INTERNAL_DEBUG; # Set up meta-decider for later $self->compile_logic($options{logic}); return $self; } ################################################## sub ok { ################################################## my ($self, %p) = @_; return $self->eval_logic(\%p); } ################################################## sub compile_logic { ################################################## my ($self, $logic) = @_; # Extract Filter placeholders in logic as defined # in configuration file. while($logic =~ /([\w_-]+)/g) { # Get the corresponding filter object my $filter = Log::Log4perl::Filter::by_name($1); die "Filter $1 required by Boolean filter, but not defined" unless $filter; $self->{params}->{$1} = $filter; } # Fabricate a parameter list: A1/A2/A3 => $A1, $A2, $A3 my $plist = join ', ', map { '$' . $_ } keys %{$self->{params}}; # Replace all the (dollar-less) placeholders in the code with # calls to their respective coderefs. $logic =~ s/([\w_-]+)/\&\$$1/g; # Set up the meta decider, which transforms the config file # logic into compiled perl code my $func = <{eval_func} = $eval_func; } ################################################## sub eval_logic { ################################################## my($self, $p) = @_; my @plist = (); # Eval the results of all filters referenced # in the code (although the order of keys is # not predictable, it is consistent :) for my $param (keys %{$self->{params}}) { # Pass a coderef as a param that will run the filter's ok method and # return a 1 or 0. print "Passing filter $param\n" if _INTERNAL_DEBUG; push(@plist, sub { return $self->{params}->{$param}->ok(%$p) ? 1 : 0 }); } # Now pipe the parameters into the canned function, # have it evaluate the logic and return the final # decision print "Passing in (", join(', ', @plist), ")\n" if _INTERNAL_DEBUG; return $self->{eval_func}->(@plist); } 1; __END__ =encoding utf8 =head1 NAME Log::Log4perl::Filter::Boolean - Special filter to combine the results of others =head1 SYNOPSIS log4perl.logger = WARN, AppWarn, AppError log4perl.filter.Match1 = sub { /let this through/ } log4perl.filter.Match2 = sub { /and that, too/ } log4perl.filter.MyBoolean = Log::Log4perl::Filter::Boolean log4perl.filter.MyBoolean.logic = Match1 || Match2 log4perl.appender.Screen = Log::Dispatch::Screen log4perl.appender.Screen.Filter = MyBoolean log4perl.appender.Screen.layout = Log::Log4perl::Layout::SimpleLayout =head1 DESCRIPTION Sometimes, it's useful to combine the output of various filters to arrive at a log/no log decision. While Log4j, Log4perl's mother ship, chose to implement this feature as a filter chain, similar to Linux' IP chains, Log4perl tries a different approach. Typically, filter results will not need to be passed along in chains but combined in a programmatic manner using boolean logic. "Log if this filter says 'yes' and that filter says 'no'" is a fairly common requirement but hard to implement as a chain. C is a special predefined custom filter for Log4perl which combines the results of other custom filters in arbitrary ways, using boolean expressions: log4perl.logger = WARN, AppWarn, AppError log4perl.filter.Match1 = sub { /let this through/ } log4perl.filter.Match2 = sub { /and that, too/ } log4perl.filter.MyBoolean = Log::Log4perl::Filter::Boolean log4perl.filter.MyBoolean.logic = Match1 || Match2 log4perl.appender.Screen = Log::Dispatch::Screen log4perl.appender.Screen.Filter = MyBoolean log4perl.appender.Screen.layout = Log::Log4perl::Layout::SimpleLayout C's boolean expressions allow for combining different appenders by name using AND (&& or &), OR (|| or |) and NOT (!) as logical expressions. Parentheses are used for grouping. Precedence follows standard Perl. Here's a bunch of examples: Match1 && !Match2 # Match1 and not Match2 !(Match1 || Match2) # Neither Match1 nor Match2 (Match1 && Match2) || Match3 # Both Match1 and Match2 or Match3 =head1 SEE ALSO L, L, L, L, L =head1 LICENSE Copyright 2002-2013 by Mike Schilli Em@perlmeister.comE and Kevin Goess Ecpan@goess.orgE. This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. =head1 AUTHOR 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 , Kevin Goess 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.