[Log4perl] adding actions to messages

[menth0l]

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?

[Perlbotics]

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

[moritz]

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.

[Anonymous Monk]

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