NAME
    Log::UDP::Client - A simple way to send structured log messages via UDP

VERSION
    version 0.20.1

SYNOPSIS
        use Log::UDP::Client;

        # Send the simple scalar to the server
        Log::UDP::Client->new->send("Hi");

        # Log lots of messages
        my $logger = Log::UDP::Client->new(server_port => 15000);
        my $counter=0;
        while(++$counter) {
            $logger->send($counter);
            last if $counter >= 1000;
        }

        # Send some debugging info
        $logger->send({
            pid     => $$,
            program => $0,
            args    => \@ARGV,
        });

        # Use of JSON serializer
        my $logger = Log::UDP::Client->new( serializer_module => 'JSON' );

        # Will emit { "message" => "Hi" } because JSON want to wrap stuff into a hashref
        $logger->send("Hi");

        # Use of custom serializer
        use Storable qw(freeze);
        my $logger = Log::UDP::Client->new (
            serializer => sub {
                return nfreeze( \( $_[0] ) );
            },
        );

DESCRIPTION
    This module enables you to send a message (simple string or complicated
    object) over an UDP socket to a listening server. The message will be
    encoded with a serializer module (default is Storable).

ATTRIBUTES
  server_address : Str
    IP address or hostname for the server you want to send the messages to.
    This field can be changed after instantiation. Default is 127.0.0.1.

  server_port : Int
    Port for the server you plan to send the messages to. This field can be
    changed after instantiation. Default is port 9999.

  throws_exception : Bool
    If errors are encountered, should we throw exception or just return?
    Default is return. Set to true for exceptions. You can change this flag
    after instantiation.

  socket : IO::Socket::INET
    Read-only field that contains the socket used to send the messages.

METHODS
  send($message)
    Instance method that actually encodes and transmits the specified
    message over UDP to the listening server. Will die if throw_exception is
    set to true and some kind of transmission error occurs. The message will
    be serialized by the instance-defined serializer. Returns true on
    success.

INHERITED METHODS
    *   deserialize

    *   deserializer

    *   serialize

    *   serializer

    *   serializer_module

    All of these methods are inherited from Data::Serializable. Read more
    about them there.

SEE ALSO
    *   Moose

    *   Storable

    *   JSON::XS

    *   IO::Socket::INET

SUPPORT
  Perldoc
    You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

      perldoc Log::UDP::Client

  Websites
    The following websites have more information about this module, and may
    be of help to you. As always, in addition to those websites please use
    your favorite search engine to discover more resources.

    *   MetaCPAN

        A modern, open-source CPAN search engine, useful to view POD in HTML
        format.

        <http://metacpan.org/release/Log-UDP-Client>

    *   Search CPAN

        The default CPAN search engine, useful to view POD in HTML format.

        <http://search.cpan.org/dist/Log-UDP-Client>

    *   RT: CPAN's Bug Tracker

        The RT ( Request Tracker ) website is the default bug/issue tracking
        system for CPAN.

        <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Log-UDP-Client>

    *   AnnoCPAN

        The AnnoCPAN is a website that allows community annotations of Perl
        module documentation.

        <http://annocpan.org/dist/Log-UDP-Client>

    *   CPAN Ratings

        The CPAN Ratings is a website that allows community ratings and
        reviews of Perl modules.

        <http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Log-UDP-Client>

    *   CPAN Forum

        The CPAN Forum is a web forum for discussing Perl modules.

        <http://cpanforum.com/dist/Log-UDP-Client>

    *   CPANTS

        The CPANTS is a website that analyzes the Kwalitee ( code metrics )
        of a distribution.

        <http://cpants.perl.org/dist/overview/Log-UDP-Client>

    *   CPAN Testers

        The CPAN Testers is a network of smokers who run automated tests on
        uploaded CPAN distributions.

        <http://www.cpantesters.org/distro/L/Log-UDP-Client>

    *   CPAN Testers Matrix

        The CPAN Testers Matrix is a website that provides a visual overview
        of the test results for a distribution on various Perls/platforms.

        <http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=Log-UDP-Client>

    *   CPAN Testers Dependencies

        The CPAN Testers Dependencies is a website that shows a chart of the
        test results of all dependencies for a distribution.

        <http://deps.cpantesters.org/?module=Log::UDP::Client>

  Bugs / Feature Requests
    Please report any bugs or feature requests by email to
    "bug-log-udp-client at rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at
    <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Log-UDP-Client>. You
    will be automatically notified of any progress on the request by the
    system.

  Source Code
    The code is open to the world, and available for you to hack on. Please
    feel free to browse it and play with it, or whatever. If you want to
    contribute patches, please send me a diff or prod me to pull from your
    repository :)

    <http://github.com/robinsmidsrod/Log-UDP-Client>

      git clone git://github.com/robinsmidsrod/Log-UDP-Client.git

AUTHOR
    Robin Smidsrï¿½d <robin@smidsrod.no>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
    This software is copyright (c) 2017 by Robin Smidsrï¿½d.

    This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
    the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

