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6 Log::Log4perl::NDC - Nested Diagnostic Context
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9 Log::Log4perl allows loggers to maintain global thread-specific data,
10 called the Nested Diagnostic Context (NDC).
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12 At some point, the application might decide to push a piece of data
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14 reuse. For example, at the beginning of a web request in a server, the
15 application might decide to push the IP address of the client onto the
16 stack to provide it for other loggers down the road without having to
17 pass the data from function to function.
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19 The Log::Log4perl::Layout::PatternLayout class even provides the handy
20 %x placeholder which is replaced by the blank-separated list of
21 elements currently on the stack.
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23 This module maintains a simple stack which you can push data on to,
24 query what's on top, pop it off again or delete the entire stack.
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26 Its purpose is to provide a thread-specific context which all
27 Log::Log4perl loggers can refer to without the application having to
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30 Since in 5.8.0 perl's threads don't share data only upon request,
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33 Log::Log4perl::NDC->push($text);
34 Push an item onto the stack. If the stack grows beyond the defined
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44 my $text = Log::Log4perl::NDC->get();
45 Retrieve the content of the stack as a string of blank-separated
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50 Reset the stack, remove all items.
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56 Copyright 2002-2013 by Mike Schilli <m@perlmeister.com> and Kevin Goess
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59 This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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63 Please contribute patches to the project on Github:
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65 http://github.com/mschilli/log4perl
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67 Send bug reports or requests for enhancements to the authors via our
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69 MAILING LIST (questions, bug reports, suggestions/patches):
70 log4perl-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
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72 Authors (please contact them via the list above, not directly): Mike
73 Schilli <m@perlmeister.com>, Kevin Goess <cpan@goess.org>
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75 Contributors (in alphabetical order): Ateeq Altaf, Cory Bennett, Jens
76 Berthold, Jeremy Bopp, Hutton Davidson, Chris R. Donnelly, Matisse
77 Enzer, Hugh Esco, Anthony Foiani, James FitzGibbon, Carl Franks, Dennis
78 Gregorovic, Andy Grundman, Paul Harrington, Alexander Hartmaier David
79 Hull, Robert Jacobson, Jason Kohles, Jeff Macdonald, Markus Peter,
80 Brett Rann, Peter Rabbitson, Erik Selberg, Aaron Straup Cope, Lars
81 Thegler, David Viner, Mac Yang.
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