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= Improved Logger Proxy for Merb

An improved version of the logging proxy injector for Merb for custom and verbose logging.

config_init.rb

### BELONGS IN config/init.rb

#
# ==== Set up your basic configuration
#

LoggerProxy.setup Logger do |logger, (file, level, delimiter, auto_flush)|
  logger = logger.new(STDOUT) # file, level, delimiter, auto_flush
  logger.formatter = proc{|s,t,p,m|"%5s [%s] (%s : %s) %s :: %s\n" % [s, t.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"), $$, Thread.current.object_id, p, m]}
  logger.level = Logger.const_get(level.to_s.upcase.to_sym)
  logger.progname = "ScoutMerb"
  logger
end

lib_logger_proxy.rb

### BELINGS IN lib/logger_proxy.rb

##############
### Logger ###
##############

require 'logger'

class Logger
  
  def flush(*args)
    return
  end
  
  def <<(string = nil)
    self.info(string)
  end
  alias :push :<<
  
  %w(debug info warn error fatal).each do |level|
    eval <<-"end;"
      def #{level}!(*args)
        send(:#{level}, *args)
      end
    end;
  end
  
end

####################
### Logger Proxy ###
####################

class LoggerProxy
  
  attr_accessor :logger
  
  def initialize(*args)
    @logger = self.class.initializer.call(self.class.logger, args)
  end
  
  def method_missing(name, *args)
    self.logger.send(name, *args)
  end
  
  class << self
    attr_accessor :logger, :initializer
    
    def setup(logger, &initializer)
      self.logger = logger
      self.initializer = initializer
    end
  end
  
end

#####################
### Install Proxy ###
#####################

# Sets the Proxy's logger to the default Merb::Logger
LoggerProxy.logger = Merb.send(:remove_const, :Logger)

# Merb::Logger.new(Merb.file, Merb::Config[:level], Merb::Config[:delimiter], Merb::Config[:auto_flush])
LoggerProxy.initializer = lambda do |logger, (file, level, delimiter, auto_flush)|
  logger.new(file, level, delimiter, auto_flush)
end

# Sets the Merb::Logger to the LoggerProxy
Merb::Logger = LoggerProxy