NAME

Log::Log4perl::Appender::ScreenColoredLevel - Colorize messages according to level

SYNOPSIS

    use Log::Log4perl qw(:easy);

    Log::Log4perl->init(\ <<'EOT');
      log4perl.category = DEBUG, Screen
      log4perl.appender.Screen = \
          Log::Log4perl::Appender::ScreenColoredLevels
      log4perl.appender.Screen.layout = \
          Log::Log4perl::Layout::PatternLayout
      log4perl.appender.Screen.layout.ConversionPattern = \
          %d %F{1} %L> %m %n
    EOT

      # Appears black
    DEBUG "Debug Message";

      # Appears green
    INFO  "Info Message";

      # Appears blue
    WARN  "Warn Message";

      # Appears magenta
    ERROR "Error Message";

      # Appears red
    FATAL "Fatal Message";

DESCRIPTION

This appender acts like Log::Log4perl::Appender::Screen, except that it colorizes its output, based on the priority of the message sent.

The color scheme is

Debug: Black
Info: Green
Warn: Blue
Error: Magenta
Fatal: Red

The constructor new() takes an optional parameter stderr, if set to a true value, the appender will log to STDERR. If stderr is set to a false value, it will log to STDOUT. The default setting for stderr is 1, so messages will be logged to STDERR by default.

AUTHOR

Mike Schilli <log4perl@perlmeister.com>, 2004