Re: [mh] Your help re Genericising Error and log handling

Gets my vote, would you like me to create a pull?

Giles

On 12/01/2021 19:03, Jeff Siddall via misterhouse-users wrote:
> Replying to my own post, would a user defined function be the 
> quick/easy way to handle log handling customization?
>
> Ex: the first thing in the handle_log sub would be a call to a user 
> handling function, sort of like a pre-defined hook:
>
> sub handle_log {
>     ...
>     my @returned_log = &handle_log_user($message, $severity, 
> $category) if (defined(&handle_log_user));
>     # Check for any updated values in @return_log
>     ...
> }
>
> Then if a user wanted to add their own custom handler they would just 
> put something like this in their user code:
>
> sub handle_log_user {
>     my ($message, $severity, $category) = @_;
>     if ($message =~ /WARN*.temperature/ ) {
>         $severity = "ALERT";
>     }
>     return ($message, $severity, $category);
> }
>
> Otherwise they get the default behavior.  I think MH will even pull 
> subs out of user code so this should work without further modification
>
> A few lines of code but complete flexibility.  That doesn't seem too 
> geeky for a MH user ambitious enough to want to customize their log 
> handling.
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
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