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-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/logger.xml20
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_chapter.xml12
2 files changed, 30 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger.xml
index aa6e17f27b..2bcf137299 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger.xml
@@ -1123,6 +1123,26 @@ logger:set_process_metadata(maps:merge(logger:get_process_metadata(), Meta)).
</func>
<func>
+ <name>HModule:filter_config(Config) -> FilteredConfig</name>
+ <fsummary>Remove internal data from configuration.</fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v>Config = FilteredConfig =
+ <seealso marker="#type-handler_config">handler_config()</seealso></v>
+ </type>
+ <desc>
+ <p>This callback function is optional.</p>
+ <p>The function is called when one of the Logger API functions
+ for fetching the handler configuration is called, for
+ example
+ <seealso marker="#get_handler_config-1">
+ <c>logger:get_handler_config/1</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p>It allows the handler to remove internal data fields from
+ its configuration data before it is returned to the
+ caller.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
<name>HModule:log(LogEvent, Config) -> void()</name>
<fsummary>Log the given log event.</fsummary>
<type>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_chapter.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_chapter.xml
index 777c37058e..1870d2ab79 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_chapter.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_chapter.xml
@@ -384,8 +384,8 @@ logger:debug(#{got => connection_request, id => Id, state => State},
<p>In addition to the mandatory callback function <c>log/2</c>, a
handler module can export the optional callback
- functions <c>adding_handler/1</c>, <c>changing_config/3</c>
- and <c>removing_handler/1</c>. See
+ functions <c>adding_handler/1</c>, <c>changing_config/3</c>,
+ <c>filter_config/1</c>, and <c>removing_handler/1</c>. See
section <seealso marker="logger#handler_callback_functions">Handler
Callback Functions</seealso> in the logger(3) manual page for
more information about these function.</p>
@@ -1029,6 +1029,7 @@ ok</pre>
<item><c>adding_handler(Config)</c></item>
<item><c>removing_handler(Config)</c></item>
<item><c>changing_config(SetOrUpdate, OldConfig, NewConfig)</c></item>
+ <item><c>filter_config(Config)</c></item>
</list>
<p>When a handler is added, by for example a call
to <seealso marker="logger#add_handler-3">
@@ -1052,6 +1053,13 @@ ok</pre>
calls <c>HModule:changing_config(SetOrUpdate, OldConfig, NewConfig)</c>. If
this function returns <c>{ok,NewConfig1}</c>, Logger
writes <c>NewConfig1</c> to the configuration database.</p>
+ <p>When <seealso marker="logger#get_config-0">
+ <c>logger:get_config/0</c></seealso> or
+ <seealso marker="logger#get_handler_config-0">
+ <c>logger:get_handler_config/0,1</c></seealso> is called,
+ Logger calls <c>HModule:filter_config(Config)</c>. This function
+ must return the handler configuration where internal data is
+ removed.</p>
<p>A simple handler that prints to the terminal can be implemented
as follows:</p>