[Patches] [ python-Patches-804180 ] A ForwardingHandler for logging

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Patches item #804180, was opened at 2003-09-11 00:07
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Category: Library (Lib)
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Matthew F. Barnes (mfbarnes)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: A ForwardingHandler for logging

Initial Comment:
This was suggested recently on python-dev.  I'm

proposing it as an addition to the standard set of

handlers in the logging package.  ForwardingHandler

simply forwards logging records to another logger

elsewhere in the logging hierarchy.  I like to think of

this handler as a "softlink" for logging.



The initialization method accepts the name of the

logger object it should forward to, which is then

fetched using getLogger().  This is preferrable to

accepting the logger object itself because it's easier

for a configuration file to reference another logger by

its "qualname".  If a name is not given to the

initialization method, the handler will forward to the

root logger.



The emit method guards against infinite loops that

would result from a logger object forwarding to itself

(perhaps the result of misconfiguration).



The attached file is not a "diff" file but just a code

fragment that can be inserted somewhere in

logging/__init__.py  (or in logging/handlers.py with

some minor modifications).

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