[Log4perl] adding actions to messages

menth0l has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Is there an option in Log4perl to add action(s) to messages at certain level? For example i I'd like to shutdown whole application (I mean clean shutdown: stopping all threads, closing handles etc.) when error of type FATAL occurs. Does L4p exposes an interface of that kind or do I have to do some hacking?

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Re: [Log4perl] adding actions to messages by Perlbotics (Archbishop) on Aug 19, 2011 at 10:10 UTC
I second, what moritz said. It's even better to let an external mechanism watch over your process (e.g Solaris Service Management Facility or the Daemon::-Modules from CPAN). However, if you insist to follow that path, the following entries from the FAQ should point you in the right direction to implement your own appender: How can I configure Log::Log4perl to send me email if something happens? How can I write my own appender? Studying Log::Log4perl::Filter might be useful too. HTH	[reply]
Re: [Log4perl] adding actions to messages by moritz (Cardinal) on Aug 19, 2011 at 09:58 UTC
In my humble opinion, it's not the task of the logging framework to do a shutdown. You should rather have an error handler inside your application which does that, and the error handler can in turn call some logging routines. Perl 6 - second systems done right	[reply]
Re: [Log4perl] adding actions to messages by Anonymous Monk on Aug 19, 2011 at 09:42 UTC
Does L4p exposes an interface of that kind or do I have to do some hacking? Seeing how you can write your own buffers, formatters, filters .... yes, l4p does expose an interface	[reply]