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diff --git a/vendor/golang.org/x/exp/slog/doc.go b/vendor/golang.org/x/exp/slog/doc.go new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4beaf8674 --- /dev/null +++ b/vendor/golang.org/x/exp/slog/doc.go @@ -0,0 +1,316 @@ +// Copyright 2022 The Go Authors. All rights reserved. +// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style +// license that can be found in the LICENSE file. + +/* +Package slog provides structured logging, +in which log records include a message, +a severity level, and various other attributes +expressed as key-value pairs. + +It defines a type, [Logger], +which provides several methods (such as [Logger.Info] and [Logger.Error]) +for reporting events of interest. + +Each Logger is associated with a [Handler]. +A Logger output method creates a [Record] from the method arguments +and passes it to the Handler, which decides how to handle it. +There is a default Logger accessible through top-level functions +(such as [Info] and [Error]) that call the corresponding Logger methods. + +A log record consists of a time, a level, a message, and a set of key-value +pairs, where the keys are strings and the values may be of any type. +As an example, + + slog.Info("hello", "count", 3) + +creates a record containing the time of the call, +a level of Info, the message "hello", and a single +pair with key "count" and value 3. + +The [Info] top-level function calls the [Logger.Info] method on the default Logger. +In addition to [Logger.Info], there are methods for Debug, Warn and Error levels. +Besides these convenience methods for common levels, +there is also a [Logger.Log] method which takes the level as an argument. +Each of these methods has a corresponding top-level function that uses the +default logger. + +The default handler formats the log record's message, time, level, and attributes +as a string and passes it to the [log] package. + + 2022/11/08 15:28:26 INFO hello count=3 + +For more control over the output format, create a logger with a different handler. +This statement uses [New] to create a new logger with a TextHandler +that writes structured records in text form to standard error: + + logger := slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(os.Stderr, nil)) + +[TextHandler] output is a sequence of key=value pairs, easily and unambiguously +parsed by machine. This statement: + + logger.Info("hello", "count", 3) + +produces this output: + + time=2022-11-08T15:28:26.000-05:00 level=INFO msg=hello count=3 + +The package also provides [JSONHandler], whose output is line-delimited JSON: + + logger := slog.New(slog.NewJSONHandler(os.Stdout, nil)) + logger.Info("hello", "count", 3) + +produces this output: + + {"time":"2022-11-08T15:28:26.000000000-05:00","level":"INFO","msg":"hello","count":3} + +Both [TextHandler] and [JSONHandler] can be configured with [HandlerOptions]. +There are options for setting the minimum level (see Levels, below), +displaying the source file and line of the log call, and +modifying attributes before they are logged. + +Setting a logger as the default with + + slog.SetDefault(logger) + +will cause the top-level functions like [Info] to use it. +[SetDefault] also updates the default logger used by the [log] package, +so that existing applications that use [log.Printf] and related functions +will send log records to the logger's handler without needing to be rewritten. + +Some attributes are common to many log calls. +For example, you may wish to include the URL or trace identifier of a server request +with all log events arising from the request. +Rather than repeat the attribute with every log call, you can use [Logger.With] +to construct a new Logger containing the attributes: + + logger2 := logger.With("url", r.URL) + +The arguments to With are the same key-value pairs used in [Logger.Info]. +The result is a new Logger with the same handler as the original, but additional +attributes that will appear in the output of every call. + +# Levels + +A [Level] is an integer representing the importance or severity of a log event. +The higher the level, the more severe the event. +This package defines constants for the most common levels, +but any int can be used as a level. + +In an application, you may wish to log messages only at a certain level or greater. +One common configuration is to log messages at Info or higher levels, +suppressing debug logging until it is needed. +The built-in handlers can be configured with the minimum level to output by +setting [HandlerOptions.Level]. +The program's `main` function typically does this. +The default value is LevelInfo. + +Setting the [HandlerOptions.Level] field to a [Level] value +fixes the handler's minimum level throughout its lifetime. +Setting it to a [LevelVar] allows the level to be varied dynamically. +A LevelVar holds a Level and is safe to read or write from multiple +goroutines. +To vary the level dynamically for an entire program, first initialize +a global LevelVar: + + var programLevel = new(slog.LevelVar) // Info by default + +Then use the LevelVar to construct a handler, and make it the default: + + h := slog.NewJSONHandler(os.Stderr, &slog.HandlerOptions{Level: programLevel}) + slog.SetDefault(slog.New(h)) + +Now the program can change its logging level with a single statement: + + programLevel.Set(slog.LevelDebug) + +# Groups + +Attributes can be collected into groups. +A group has a name that is used to qualify the names of its attributes. +How this qualification is displayed depends on the handler. +[TextHandler] separates the group and attribute names with a dot. +[JSONHandler] treats each group as a separate JSON object, with the group name as the key. + +Use [Group] to create a Group attribute from a name and a list of key-value pairs: + + slog.Group("request", + "method", r.Method, + "url", r.URL) + +TextHandler would display this group as + + request.method=GET request.url=http://example.com + +JSONHandler would display it as + + "request":{"method":"GET","url":"http://example.com"} + +Use [Logger.WithGroup] to qualify all of a Logger's output +with a group name. Calling WithGroup on a Logger results in a +new Logger with the same Handler as the original, but with all +its attributes qualified by the group name. + +This can help prevent duplicate attribute keys in large systems, +where subsystems might use the same keys. +Pass each subsystem a different Logger with its own group name so that +potential duplicates are qualified: + + logger := slog.Default().With("id", systemID) + parserLogger := logger.WithGroup("parser") + parseInput(input, parserLogger) + +When parseInput logs with parserLogger, its keys will be qualified with "parser", +so even if it uses the common key "id", the log line will have distinct keys. + +# Contexts + +Some handlers may wish to include information from the [context.Context] that is +available at the call site. One example of such information +is the identifier for the current span when tracing is enabled. + +The [Logger.Log] and [Logger.LogAttrs] methods take a context as a first +argument, as do their corresponding top-level functions. + +Although the convenience methods on Logger (Info and so on) and the +corresponding top-level functions do not take a context, the alternatives ending +in "Context" do. For example, + + slog.InfoContext(ctx, "message") + +It is recommended to pass a context to an output method if one is available. + +# Attrs and Values + +An [Attr] is a key-value pair. The Logger output methods accept Attrs as well as +alternating keys and values. The statement + + slog.Info("hello", slog.Int("count", 3)) + +behaves the same as + + slog.Info("hello", "count", 3) + +There are convenience constructors for [Attr] such as [Int], [String], and [Bool] +for common types, as well as the function [Any] for constructing Attrs of any +type. + +The value part of an Attr is a type called [Value]. +Like an [any], a Value can hold any Go value, +but it can represent typical values, including all numbers and strings, +without an allocation. + +For the most efficient log output, use [Logger.LogAttrs]. +It is similar to [Logger.Log] but accepts only Attrs, not alternating +keys and values; this allows it, too, to avoid allocation. + +The call + + logger.LogAttrs(nil, slog.LevelInfo, "hello", slog.Int("count", 3)) + +is the most efficient way to achieve the same output as + + slog.Info("hello", "count", 3) + +# Customizing a type's logging behavior + +If a type implements the [LogValuer] interface, the [Value] returned from its LogValue +method is used for logging. You can use this to control how values of the type +appear in logs. For example, you can redact secret information like passwords, +or gather a struct's fields in a Group. See the examples under [LogValuer] for +details. + +A LogValue method may return a Value that itself implements [LogValuer]. The [Value.Resolve] +method handles these cases carefully, avoiding infinite loops and unbounded recursion. +Handler authors and others may wish to use Value.Resolve instead of calling LogValue directly. + +# Wrapping output methods + +The logger functions use reflection over the call stack to find the file name +and line number of the logging call within the application. This can produce +incorrect source information for functions that wrap slog. For instance, if you +define this function in file mylog.go: + + func Infof(format string, args ...any) { + slog.Default().Info(fmt.Sprintf(format, args...)) + } + +and you call it like this in main.go: + + Infof(slog.Default(), "hello, %s", "world") + +then slog will report the source file as mylog.go, not main.go. + +A correct implementation of Infof will obtain the source location +(pc) and pass it to NewRecord. +The Infof function in the package-level example called "wrapping" +demonstrates how to do this. + +# Working with Records + +Sometimes a Handler will need to modify a Record +before passing it on to another Handler or backend. +A Record contains a mixture of simple public fields (e.g. Time, Level, Message) +and hidden fields that refer to state (such as attributes) indirectly. This +means that modifying a simple copy of a Record (e.g. by calling +[Record.Add] or [Record.AddAttrs] to add attributes) +may have unexpected effects on the original. +Before modifying a Record, use [Clone] to +create a copy that shares no state with the original, +or create a new Record with [NewRecord] +and build up its Attrs by traversing the old ones with [Record.Attrs]. + +# Performance considerations + +If profiling your application demonstrates that logging is taking significant time, +the following suggestions may help. + +If many log lines have a common attribute, use [Logger.With] to create a Logger with +that attribute. The built-in handlers will format that attribute only once, at the +call to [Logger.With]. The [Handler] interface is designed to allow that optimization, +and a well-written Handler should take advantage of it. + +The arguments to a log call are always evaluated, even if the log event is discarded. +If possible, defer computation so that it happens only if the value is actually logged. +For example, consider the call + + slog.Info("starting request", "url", r.URL.String()) // may compute String unnecessarily + +The URL.String method will be called even if the logger discards Info-level events. +Instead, pass the URL directly: + + slog.Info("starting request", "url", &r.URL) // calls URL.String only if needed + +The built-in [TextHandler] will call its String method, but only +if the log event is enabled. +Avoiding the call to String also preserves the structure of the underlying value. +For example [JSONHandler] emits the components of the parsed URL as a JSON object. +If you want to avoid eagerly paying the cost of the String call +without causing the handler to potentially inspect the structure of the value, +wrap the value in a fmt.Stringer implementation that hides its Marshal methods. + +You can also use the [LogValuer] interface to avoid unnecessary work in disabled log +calls. Say you need to log some expensive value: + + slog.Debug("frobbing", "value", computeExpensiveValue(arg)) + +Even if this line is disabled, computeExpensiveValue will be called. +To avoid that, define a type implementing LogValuer: + + type expensive struct { arg int } + + func (e expensive) LogValue() slog.Value { + return slog.AnyValue(computeExpensiveValue(e.arg)) + } + +Then use a value of that type in log calls: + + slog.Debug("frobbing", "value", expensive{arg}) + +Now computeExpensiveValue will only be called when the line is enabled. + +The built-in handlers acquire a lock before calling [io.Writer.Write] +to ensure that each record is written in one piece. User-defined +handlers are responsible for their own locking. +*/ +package slog |