[log4perl-devel] layout method

[Quinn W. <qu...@fa...>]

Hi,

I noticed I can't call layout() on Log::Dispatch appenders:

my $syslog_appender = Log::Log4perl::appender_by_name( 'MyAppender' );
my $layout = $syslog_appender->layout();

Can't locate object method "layout" via package "Log::Dispatch::Syslog" at ...

Is there any way around this?  Would it be worthwhile to write a set of
wrappers to Log::Dispatch classes so they support the appender() method?

Apologies if there is an obvious solution to this; I wasn't able to
find one in the docs.

PS:  The reason I'm using Perl (instead of the configuration file little
language) is that I have some behavior I want to configure conditionally...
I want to add a ScreenAppender iff a MY_DEBUG environment variable is set,
but with the same layout as my existing Log::Dispatch::Syslog appender.

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