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authorSiri Hansen <[email protected]>2018-05-14 20:27:55 +0200
committerLukas Larsson <[email protected]>2018-05-21 17:43:53 +0200
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Add update_logger_config/1 and update_handler_config/2 to logger
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1 files changed, 44 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger.xml
index 239b9553b1..183102f240 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger.xml
@@ -645,11 +645,12 @@ start(_, []) ->
<p>Set configuration data for the logger. This overwrites the
current logger configuration.</p>
<p>To modify the existing configuration,
- use <seealso marker="#set_logger_config-2"><c>set_logger_config/2</c>
- </seealso>, or read the current configuration
+ use <seealso marker="#update_logger_config-1">
+ <c>update_logger_config/1</c></seealso>, or, if a more
+ complex merge is needed, read the current configuration
with <seealso marker="#get_logger_config-0"><c>get_logger_config/0</c>
- </seealso>, then merge in your added or updated
- associations before writing it back.</p>
+ </seealso>, then do the merge before writing the new
+ configuration back with this function.</p>
<p>If a key is removed compared to the current configuration,
the default value is used.</p>
</desc>
@@ -662,7 +663,23 @@ start(_, []) ->
<p>Add or update configuration data for the logger. If the
given <c><anno>Key</anno></c> already exists, its associated
value will be changed to <c><anno>Value</anno></c>. If it
- doesn't exist, it will be added.</p>
+ does not exist, it will be added.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="update_logger_config" arity="1"/>
+ <fsummary>Update configuration data for the logger.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Update configuration data for the logger. This function
+ behaves as if it was implemented as follows:</p>
+ <code type="erl">
+{ok,Old} = logger:get_logger_config(),
+logger:set_logger_config(maps:merge(Old,Config)).
+ </code>
+ <p>To overwrite the existing configuration without any merge,
+ use <seealso marker="#set_logger_config-1"><c>set_logger_config/1</c>
+ </seealso>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -673,11 +690,12 @@ start(_, []) ->
<p>Set configuration data for the specified handler. This
overwrites the current handler configuration.</p>
<p>To modify the existing configuration,
- use <seealso marker="#set_handler_config-3"><c>set_handler_config/3</c>
- </seealso>, or read the current configuration
+ use <seealso marker="#update_handler_config-2">
+ <c>update_handler_config/2</c></seealso>, or, if a more
+ complex merge is needed, read the current configuration
with <seealso marker="#get_handler_config-1"><c>get_handler_config/1</c>
- </seealso>, then merge in your added or updated
- associations before writing it back.</p>
+ </seealso>, then do the merge before writing the new
+ configuration back with this function.</p>
<p>If a key is removed compared to the current configuration,
and the key is know by Logger, the default value is used. If
it is a custom key, then it is up to the handler
@@ -694,12 +712,28 @@ start(_, []) ->
<p>Add or update configuration data for the specified
handler. If the given <c><anno>Key</anno></c> already
exists, its associated value will be changed
- to <c><anno>Value</anno></c>. If it doesn't exist, it will
+ to <c><anno>Value</anno></c>. If it does not exist, it will
be added.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
+ <name name="update_handler_config" arity="2"/>
+ <fsummary>Update configuration data for the specified handler.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Update configuration data for the specified handler. This function
+ behaves as if it was implemented as follows:</p>
+ <code type="erl">
+{ok,{_,Old}} = logger:get_handler_config(HandlerId),
+logger:set_handler_config(HandlerId,maps:merge(Old,Config)).
+ </code>
+ <p>To overwrite the existing configuration without any merge,
+ use <seealso marker="#set_handler_config-2"><c>set_handler_config/2</c>
+ </seealso>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
<name name="compare_levels" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Compare the severity of two log levels.</fsummary>
<desc>