messages.sgml

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Message Logging

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versatile support for logging messages with different levels of importance.

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<para>
These functions provide support for logging error messages or messages
used for debugging.
</para>

<para>
There are several built-in levels of messages, defined in #GLogLevelFlags.
These can be extended with user-defined levels.
</para>

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<!-- ##### MACRO G_LOG_DOMAIN ##### -->
<para>
Defines the log domain.
For applications, this is typically left as the default NULL (or "") domain.
Libraries should define this so that any messages which they log can
be differentiated from messages from other libraries and application code.
But be careful not to define it in any public header files.
</para>
<para>
For example, GTK uses this in its Makefile.am:
<informalexample><programlisting>
INCLUDES = \
	-DG_LOG_DOMAIN=\"Gtk\"
</programlisting></informalexample>
</para>



<!-- ##### VARIABLE g_log_domain_glib ##### -->
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<!-- ##### VARIABLE g_log_domain_gmodule ##### -->
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<!-- ##### MACRO G_LOG_FATAL_MASK ##### -->
<para>
GLib log levels that are considered fatal by default.
</para>



<!-- ##### MACRO G_LOG_LEVEL_USER_SHIFT ##### -->
<para>
Log level shift offset for user defined log levels (0-7 are used by GLib).
</para>



<!-- ##### USER_FUNCTION GLogFunc ##### -->
<para>
Specifies the prototype of log handler functions.
</para>

@log_domain: the log domain of the message.
@log_level: the log level of the message (including the fatal and recursion
flags).
@message: the message to process.
@user_data: user data, set in g_log_set_handler().


<!-- ##### ENUM GLogLevelFlags ##### -->
<para>
Flags specifying the level of log messages.
</para>

@G_LOG_FLAG_RECURSION: 
@G_LOG_FLAG_FATAL: 
@G_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR: 
@G_LOG_LEVEL_CRITICAL: 
@G_LOG_LEVEL_WARNING: 
@G_LOG_LEVEL_MESSAGE: 
@G_LOG_LEVEL_INFO: 
@G_LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG: 
@G_LOG_LEVEL_MASK: 

<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_log ##### -->
<para>
Logs an error or debugging message.
If the log level has been set as fatal, the <function>abort()</function>
function is called to terminate the program.
</para>

@log_domain: the log domain, usually #G_LOG_DOMAIN.
@log_level: the log level, either from #GLogLevelFlags or a user-defined level.
@format: the message format. See the <function>printf()</function>
documentation.
@Varargs: the parameters to insert into the format string.


<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_logv ##### -->
<para>
Logs an error or debugging message.
If the log level has been set as fatal, the <function>abort()</function>
function is called to terminate the program.
</para>

@log_domain: the log domain.
@log_level: the log level.
@format: the message format. See the <function>printf()</function>
documentation.
@args: the parameters to insert into the format string.


<!-- ##### MACRO g_message ##### -->
<para>
A convenience function/macro to log a normal message.
</para>

@format: the message format. See the <function>printf()</function>
documentation.
@args...: the parameters to insert into the format string.


<!-- ##### MACRO g_warning ##### -->
<para>
A convenience function/macro to log a warning message.
</para>

@format: the message format. See the <function>printf()</function>
documentation.
@args...: the parameters to insert into the format string.


<!-- ##### MACRO g_error ##### -->
<para>
A convenience function/macro to log an error message.
Error messages are always fatal, resulting in a call to
<function>abort()</function> to terminate the application.
</para>

@format: the message format. See the <function>printf()</function>
documentation.
@args...: the parameters to insert into the format string.


<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_log_set_handler ##### -->
<para>
Sets the log handler for a domain and a set of log levels.
Note that to handle fatal and recursive messages the @log_levels parameter
must be combined with the G_LOG_FLAG_FATAL and G_LOG_FLAG_RECURSIVE bit flags.

<example>
<title>Adding a log handler for all warning messages</title>
<programlisting>
  g_log_set_handler (NULL, G_LOG_LEVEL_WARNING | G_LOG_FLAG_FATAL
                     | G_LOG_FLAG_RECURSIVE, my_log_handler, NULL);
</programlisting>
</example>
</para>

@log_domain: the log domain, or NULL for the default "" application domain.
@log_levels: the log levels to apply the log handler for. To handle fatal
and recursive messages as well, comine the log levels with the G_LOG_FLAG_FATAL
and G_LOG_FLAG_RECURSIVE bit flags.
@log_func: the log handler function.
@user_data: data passed to the log handler.
@Returns: the id of the new handler.


<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_log_remove_handler ##### -->
<para>
Removes the log handler.
</para>

@log_domain: the log domain.
@handler_id: the id of the handler, which was returned in g_log_set_handler().


<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_log_set_always_fatal ##### -->
<para>
Sets the message levels which are always fatal, in any log domain.
When a message with any of these levels is logged the program terminates.
You can only set the levels defined by GLib to be fatal.
%G_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR is always fatal.
</para>

@fatal_mask: the mask containing bits set for each level of error which is
to be fatal.
@Returns: the old fatal mask.


<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_log_set_fatal_mask ##### -->
<para>
Sets the log levels which are fatal in the given domain.
%G_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR is always fatal.
</para>

@log_domain: the log domain.
@fatal_mask: the new fatal mask.
@Returns: the old fatal mask for the log domain.


<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_log_default_handler ##### -->
<para>
The default log handler.
This is used if no log handler has been set for the particular log domain
and log level combination. It outputs the message to stderr or stdout
and if the log level is fatal it calls <function>abort()</function>.
</para>
<para>
stderr is used for levels %G_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, %G_LOG_LEVEL_CRITICAL, and
%G_LOG_LEVEL_WARNING. stdout is used for the rest.
(On the Windows platform, stdout is always used.)
</para>

@log_domain: the log domain of the message.
@log_level: the level of the message.
@message: the message.
@unused_data: data passed from g_log which is unused.


<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_set_error_handler ##### -->
<para>
Sets the function to be called to handle error messages.
This function is deprecated in favour of the new logging facilities.
</para>

@func: the function to be called to handle error messages.
@Returns: the old error handler.


<!-- ##### USER_FUNCTION GErrorFunc ##### -->
<para>
Specifies the type of function passed to g_set_error_handler().
</para>

@str: the error message.


<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_set_warning_handler ##### -->
<para>
Sets the function to be called to handle warning messages.
This function is deprecated in favour of the new logging facilities.
</para>

@func: the function to be called to handle warning messages.
@Returns: the old warning handler.


<!-- ##### USER_FUNCTION GWarningFunc ##### -->
<para>
Specifies the type of function passed to g_set_warning_handler().
</para>

@str: the warning message.


<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_set_message_handler ##### -->
<para>
Sets the function to be called to handle messages.
This function is deprecated in favour of the new logging facilities.
</para>

@func: the function to be called to handle normal messages.
@Returns: the old message handler.