module Vital

Log a message with timestamp, calling class, method name, process info, etc.

Example¶ ↑

vital("hello")
=> logger.info 2010-12-31 class_name method_name process_info ... hello

# File lib/sixarm_ruby_vital.rb, line 15
def vital(msg='',ops={})
  method_name = ops[:method_name]||method_name_of_caller
  logger.info [Time.stamp,self.class.name,method_name,Process.ps_tdf].join("\t")+"\t"+msg
end

Log a message that is intended to open (i.e. begin) a topic.

This simply calls vital with “+” prepended to the message, which is our indicator of a new topic.

Example:

vital_open("hello")
=> logger.info 2010-12-31 class_name method_name process_info ... +hello

# File lib/sixarm_ruby_vital.rb, line 30
def vital_open(msg='',ops={})
  vital('+'+msg,ops.merge({:method_name=>method_name_of_caller}))
end

Log a message that is intended to shut (i.e. end) a topic.

This simply calls vital with “+” prepended to the message, which is our indicator of a new topic.

Example:

vital_open("hello")
=> logger.info 2010-12-31 class_name method_name process_info ... -hello

# File lib/sixarm_ruby_vital.rb, line 44
def vital_shut(msg='',ops={})
  vital('-'+msg,ops.merge({:method_name=>method_name_of_caller}))
end