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16 17 // This design derives from Dave Cheney's blog:
18 // http://dave.cheney.net/2015/11/05/lets-talk-about-logging
19 20 // Package logr defines a general-purpose logging API and abstract interfaces
21 // to back that API. Packages in the Go ecosystem can depend on this package,
22 // while callers can implement logging with whatever backend is appropriate.
23 //
24 // # Usage
25 //
26 // Logging is done using a Logger instance. Logger is a concrete type with
27 // methods, which defers the actual logging to a LogSink interface. The main
28 // methods of Logger are Info() and Error(). Arguments to Info() and Error()
29 // are key/value pairs rather than printf-style formatted strings, emphasizing
30 // "structured logging".
31 //
32 // With Go's standard log package, we might write:
33 //
34 // log.Printf("setting target value %s", targetValue)
35 //
36 // With logr's structured logging, we'd write:
37 //
38 // logger.Info("setting target", "value", targetValue)
39 //
40 // Errors are much the same. Instead of:
41 //
42 // log.Printf("failed to open the pod bay door for user %s: %v", user, err)
43 //
44 // We'd write:
45 //
46 // logger.Error(err, "failed to open the pod bay door", "user", user)
47 //
48 // Info() and Error() are very similar, but they are separate methods so that
49 // LogSink implementations can choose to do things like attach additional
50 // information (such as stack traces) on calls to Error(). Error() messages are
51 // always logged, regardless of the current verbosity. If there is no error
52 // instance available, passing nil is valid.
53 //
54 // # Verbosity
55 //
56 // Often we want to log information only when the application in "verbose
57 // mode". To write log lines that are more verbose, Logger has a V() method.
58 // The higher the V-level of a log line, the less critical it is considered.
59 // Log-lines with V-levels that are not enabled (as per the LogSink) will not
60 // be written. Level V(0) is the default, and logger.V(0).Info() has the same
61 // meaning as logger.Info(). Negative V-levels have the same meaning as V(0).
62 // Error messages do not have a verbosity level and are always logged.
63 //
64 // Where we might have written:
65 //
66 // if flVerbose >= 2 {
67 // log.Printf("an unusual thing happened")
68 // }
69 //
70 // We can write:
71 //
72 // logger.V(2).Info("an unusual thing happened")
73 //
74 // # Logger Names
75 //
76 // Logger instances can have name strings so that all messages logged through
77 // that instance have additional context. For example, you might want to add
78 // a subsystem name:
79 //
80 // logger.WithName("compactor").Info("started", "time", time.Now())
81 //
82 // The WithName() method returns a new Logger, which can be passed to
83 // constructors or other functions for further use. Repeated use of WithName()
84 // will accumulate name "segments". These name segments will be joined in some
85 // way by the LogSink implementation. It is strongly recommended that name
86 // segments contain simple identifiers (letters, digits, and hyphen), and do
87 // not contain characters that could muddle the log output or confuse the
88 // joining operation (e.g. whitespace, commas, periods, slashes, brackets,
89 // quotes, etc).
90 //
91 // # Saved Values
92 //
93 // Logger instances can store any number of key/value pairs, which will be
94 // logged alongside all messages logged through that instance. For example,
95 // you might want to create a Logger instance per managed object:
96 //
97 // With the standard log package, we might write:
98 //
99 // log.Printf("decided to set field foo to value %q for object %s/%s",
100 // targetValue, object.Namespace, object.Name)
101 //
102 // With logr we'd write:
103 //
104 // // Elsewhere: set up the logger to log the object name.
105 // obj.logger = mainLogger.WithValues(
106 // "name", obj.name, "namespace", obj.namespace)
107 //
108 // // later on...
109 // obj.logger.Info("setting foo", "value", targetValue)
110 //
111 // # Best Practices
112 //
113 // Logger has very few hard rules, with the goal that LogSink implementations
114 // might have a lot of freedom to differentiate. There are, however, some
115 // things to consider.
116 //
117 // The log message consists of a constant message attached to the log line.
118 // This should generally be a simple description of what's occurring, and should
119 // never be a format string. Variable information can then be attached using
120 // named values.
121 //
122 // Keys are arbitrary strings, but should generally be constant values. Values
123 // may be any Go value, but how the value is formatted is determined by the
124 // LogSink implementation.
125 //
126 // Logger instances are meant to be passed around by value. Code that receives
127 // such a value can call its methods without having to check whether the
128 // instance is ready for use.
129 //
130 // The zero logger (= Logger{}) is identical to Discard() and discards all log
131 // entries. Code that receives a Logger by value can simply call it, the methods
132 // will never crash. For cases where passing a logger is optional, a pointer to Logger
133 // should be used.
134 //
135 // # Key Naming Conventions
136 //
137 // Keys are not strictly required to conform to any specification or regex, but
138 // it is recommended that they:
139 // - be human-readable and meaningful (not auto-generated or simple ordinals)
140 // - be constant (not dependent on input data)
141 // - contain only printable characters
142 // - not contain whitespace or punctuation
143 // - use lower case for simple keys and lowerCamelCase for more complex ones
144 //
145 // These guidelines help ensure that log data is processed properly regardless
146 // of the log implementation. For example, log implementations will try to
147 // output JSON data or will store data for later database (e.g. SQL) queries.
148 //
149 // While users are generally free to use key names of their choice, it's
150 // generally best to avoid using the following keys, as they're frequently used
151 // by implementations:
152 // - "caller": the calling information (file/line) of a particular log line
153 // - "error": the underlying error value in the `Error` method
154 // - "level": the log level
155 // - "logger": the name of the associated logger
156 // - "msg": the log message
157 // - "stacktrace": the stack trace associated with a particular log line or
158 // error (often from the `Error` message)
159 // - "ts": the timestamp for a log line
160 //
161 // Implementations are encouraged to make use of these keys to represent the
162 // above concepts, when necessary (for example, in a pure-JSON output form, it
163 // would be necessary to represent at least message and timestamp as ordinary
164 // named values).
165 //
166 // # Break Glass
167 //
168 // Implementations may choose to give callers access to the underlying
169 // logging implementation. The recommended pattern for this is:
170 //
171 // // Underlier exposes access to the underlying logging implementation.
172 // // Since callers only have a logr.Logger, they have to know which
173 // // implementation is in use, so this interface is less of an abstraction
174 // // and more of way to test type conversion.
175 // type Underlier interface {
176 // GetUnderlying() <underlying-type>
177 // }
178 //
179 // Logger grants access to the sink to enable type assertions like this:
180 //
181 // func DoSomethingWithImpl(log logr.Logger) {
182 // if underlier, ok := log.GetSink().(impl.Underlier); ok {
183 // implLogger := underlier.GetUnderlying()
184 // ...
185 // }
186 // }
187 //
188 // Custom `With*` functions can be implemented by copying the complete
189 // Logger struct and replacing the sink in the copy:
190 //
191 // // WithFooBar changes the foobar parameter in the log sink and returns a
192 // // new logger with that modified sink. It does nothing for loggers where
193 // // the sink doesn't support that parameter.
194 // func WithFoobar(log logr.Logger, foobar int) logr.Logger {
195 // if foobarLogSink, ok := log.GetSink().(FoobarSink); ok {
196 // log = log.WithSink(foobarLogSink.WithFooBar(foobar))
197 // }
198 // return log
199 // }
200 //
201 // Don't use New to construct a new Logger with a LogSink retrieved from an
202 // existing Logger. Source code attribution might not work correctly and
203 // unexported fields in Logger get lost.
204 //
205 // Beware that the same LogSink instance may be shared by different logger
206 // instances. Calling functions that modify the LogSink will affect all of
207 // those.
208 package logr
209 210 // New returns a new Logger instance. This is primarily used by libraries
211 // implementing LogSink, rather than end users. Passing a nil sink will create
212 // a Logger which discards all log lines.
213 func New(sink LogSink) Logger {
214 logger := Logger{}
215 logger.setSink(sink)
216 if sink != nil {
217 sink.Init(runtimeInfo)
218 }
219 return logger
220 }
221 222 // setSink stores the sink and updates any related fields. It mutates the
223 // logger and thus is only safe to use for loggers that are not currently being
224 // used concurrently.
225 func (l *Logger) setSink(sink LogSink) {
226 l.sink = sink
227 }
228 229 // GetSink returns the stored sink.
230 func (l Logger) GetSink() LogSink {
231 return l.sink
232 }
233 234 // WithSink returns a copy of the logger with the new sink.
235 func (l Logger) WithSink(sink LogSink) Logger {
236 l.setSink(sink)
237 return l
238 }
239 240 // Logger is an interface to an abstract logging implementation. This is a
241 // concrete type for performance reasons, but all the real work is passed on to
242 // a LogSink. Implementations of LogSink should provide their own constructors
243 // that return Logger, not LogSink.
244 //
245 // The underlying sink can be accessed through GetSink and be modified through
246 // WithSink. This enables the implementation of custom extensions (see "Break
247 // Glass" in the package documentation). Normally the sink should be used only
248 // indirectly.
249 type Logger struct {
250 sink LogSink
251 level int
252 }
253 254 // Enabled tests whether this Logger is enabled. For example, commandline
255 // flags might be used to set the logging verbosity and disable some info logs.
256 func (l Logger) Enabled() bool {
257 // Some implementations of LogSink look at the caller in Enabled (e.g.
258 // different verbosity levels per package or file), but we only pass one
259 // CallDepth in (via Init). This means that all calls from Logger to the
260 // LogSink's Enabled, Info, and Error methods must have the same number of
261 // frames. In other words, Logger methods can't call other Logger methods
262 // which call these LogSink methods unless we do it the same in all paths.
263 return l.sink != nil && l.sink.Enabled(l.level)
264 }
265 266 // Info logs a non-error message with the given key/value pairs as context.
267 //
268 // The msg argument should be used to add some constant description to the log
269 // line. The key/value pairs can then be used to add additional variable
270 // information. The key/value pairs must alternate string keys and arbitrary
271 // values.
272 func (l Logger) Info(msg string, keysAndValues ...any) {
273 if l.sink == nil {
274 return
275 }
276 if l.sink.Enabled(l.level) { // see comment in Enabled
277 if withHelper, ok := l.sink.(CallStackHelperLogSink); ok {
278 withHelper.GetCallStackHelper()()
279 }
280 l.sink.Info(l.level, msg, keysAndValues...)
281 }
282 }
283 284 // Error logs an error, with the given message and key/value pairs as context.
285 // It functions similarly to Info, but may have unique behavior, and should be
286 // preferred for logging errors (see the package documentations for more
287 // information). The log message will always be emitted, regardless of
288 // verbosity level.
289 //
290 // The msg argument should be used to add context to any underlying error,
291 // while the err argument should be used to attach the actual error that
292 // triggered this log line, if present. The err parameter is optional
293 // and nil may be passed instead of an error instance.
294 func (l Logger) Error(err error, msg string, keysAndValues ...any) {
295 if l.sink == nil {
296 return
297 }
298 if withHelper, ok := l.sink.(CallStackHelperLogSink); ok {
299 withHelper.GetCallStackHelper()()
300 }
301 l.sink.Error(err, msg, keysAndValues...)
302 }
303 304 // V returns a new Logger instance for a specific verbosity level, relative to
305 // this Logger. In other words, V-levels are additive. A higher verbosity
306 // level means a log message is less important. Negative V-levels are treated
307 // as 0.
308 func (l Logger) V(level int) Logger {
309 if l.sink == nil {
310 return l
311 }
312 if level < 0 {
313 level = 0
314 }
315 l.level += level
316 return l
317 }
318 319 // GetV returns the verbosity level of the logger. If the logger's LogSink is
320 // nil as in the Discard logger, this will always return 0.
321 func (l Logger) GetV() int {
322 // 0 if l.sink nil because of the if check in V above.
323 return l.level
324 }
325 326 // WithValues returns a new Logger instance with additional key/value pairs.
327 // See Info for documentation on how key/value pairs work.
328 func (l Logger) WithValues(keysAndValues ...any) Logger {
329 if l.sink == nil {
330 return l
331 }
332 l.setSink(l.sink.WithValues(keysAndValues...))
333 return l
334 }
335 336 // WithName returns a new Logger instance with the specified name element added
337 // to the Logger's name. Successive calls with WithName append additional
338 // suffixes to the Logger's name. It's strongly recommended that name segments
339 // contain only letters, digits, and hyphens (see the package documentation for
340 // more information).
341 func (l Logger) WithName(name string) Logger {
342 if l.sink == nil {
343 return l
344 }
345 l.setSink(l.sink.WithName(name))
346 return l
347 }
348 349 // WithCallDepth returns a Logger instance that offsets the call stack by the
350 // specified number of frames when logging call site information, if possible.
351 // This is useful for users who have helper functions between the "real" call
352 // site and the actual calls to Logger methods. If depth is 0 the attribution
353 // should be to the direct caller of this function. If depth is 1 the
354 // attribution should skip 1 call frame, and so on. Successive calls to this
355 // are additive.
356 //
357 // If the underlying log implementation supports a WithCallDepth(int) method,
358 // it will be called and the result returned. If the implementation does not
359 // support CallDepthLogSink, the original Logger will be returned.
360 //
361 // To skip one level, WithCallStackHelper() should be used instead of
362 // WithCallDepth(1) because it works with implementions that support the
363 // CallDepthLogSink and/or CallStackHelperLogSink interfaces.
364 func (l Logger) WithCallDepth(depth int) Logger {
365 if l.sink == nil {
366 return l
367 }
368 if withCallDepth, ok := l.sink.(CallDepthLogSink); ok {
369 l.setSink(withCallDepth.WithCallDepth(depth))
370 }
371 return l
372 }
373 374 // WithCallStackHelper returns a new Logger instance that skips the direct
375 // caller when logging call site information, if possible. This is useful for
376 // users who have helper functions between the "real" call site and the actual
377 // calls to Logger methods and want to support loggers which depend on marking
378 // each individual helper function, like loggers based on testing.T.
379 //
380 // In addition to using that new logger instance, callers also must call the
381 // returned function.
382 //
383 // If the underlying log implementation supports a WithCallDepth(int) method,
384 // WithCallDepth(1) will be called to produce a new logger. If it supports a
385 // WithCallStackHelper() method, that will be also called. If the
386 // implementation does not support either of these, the original Logger will be
387 // returned.
388 func (l Logger) WithCallStackHelper() (func(), Logger) {
389 if l.sink == nil {
390 return func() {}, l
391 }
392 var helper func()
393 if withCallDepth, ok := l.sink.(CallDepthLogSink); ok {
394 l.setSink(withCallDepth.WithCallDepth(1))
395 }
396 if withHelper, ok := l.sink.(CallStackHelperLogSink); ok {
397 helper = withHelper.GetCallStackHelper()
398 } else {
399 helper = func() {}
400 }
401 return helper, l
402 }
403 404 // IsZero returns true if this logger is an uninitialized zero value
405 func (l Logger) IsZero() bool {
406 return l.sink == nil
407 }
408 409 // RuntimeInfo holds information that the logr "core" library knows which
410 // LogSinks might want to know.
411 type RuntimeInfo struct {
412 // CallDepth is the number of call frames the logr library adds between the
413 // end-user and the LogSink. LogSink implementations which choose to print
414 // the original logging site (e.g. file & line) should climb this many
415 // additional frames to find it.
416 CallDepth int
417 }
418 419 // runtimeInfo is a static global. It must not be changed at run time.
420 var runtimeInfo = RuntimeInfo{
421 CallDepth: 1,
422 }
423 424 // LogSink represents a logging implementation. End-users will generally not
425 // interact with this type.
426 type LogSink interface {
427 // Init receives optional information about the logr library for LogSink
428 // implementations that need it.
429 Init(info RuntimeInfo)
430 431 // Enabled tests whether this LogSink is enabled at the specified V-level.
432 // For example, commandline flags might be used to set the logging
433 // verbosity and disable some info logs.
434 Enabled(level int) bool
435 436 // Info logs a non-error message with the given key/value pairs as context.
437 // The level argument is provided for optional logging. This method will
438 // only be called when Enabled(level) is true. See Logger.Info for more
439 // details.
440 Info(level int, msg string, keysAndValues ...any)
441 442 // Error logs an error, with the given message and key/value pairs as
443 // context. See Logger.Error for more details.
444 Error(err error, msg string, keysAndValues ...any)
445 446 // WithValues returns a new LogSink with additional key/value pairs. See
447 // Logger.WithValues for more details.
448 WithValues(keysAndValues ...any) LogSink
449 450 // WithName returns a new LogSink with the specified name appended. See
451 // Logger.WithName for more details.
452 WithName(name string) LogSink
453 }
454 455 // CallDepthLogSink represents a LogSink that knows how to climb the call stack
456 // to identify the original call site and can offset the depth by a specified
457 // number of frames. This is useful for users who have helper functions
458 // between the "real" call site and the actual calls to Logger methods.
459 // Implementations that log information about the call site (such as file,
460 // function, or line) would otherwise log information about the intermediate
461 // helper functions.
462 //
463 // This is an optional interface and implementations are not required to
464 // support it.
465 type CallDepthLogSink interface {
466 // WithCallDepth returns a LogSink that will offset the call
467 // stack by the specified number of frames when logging call
468 // site information.
469 //
470 // If depth is 0, the LogSink should skip exactly the number
471 // of call frames defined in RuntimeInfo.CallDepth when Info
472 // or Error are called, i.e. the attribution should be to the
473 // direct caller of Logger.Info or Logger.Error.
474 //
475 // If depth is 1 the attribution should skip 1 call frame, and so on.
476 // Successive calls to this are additive.
477 WithCallDepth(depth int) LogSink
478 }
479 480 // CallStackHelperLogSink represents a LogSink that knows how to climb
481 // the call stack to identify the original call site and can skip
482 // intermediate helper functions if they mark themselves as
483 // helper. Go's testing package uses that approach.
484 //
485 // This is useful for users who have helper functions between the
486 // "real" call site and the actual calls to Logger methods.
487 // Implementations that log information about the call site (such as
488 // file, function, or line) would otherwise log information about the
489 // intermediate helper functions.
490 //
491 // This is an optional interface and implementations are not required
492 // to support it. Implementations that choose to support this must not
493 // simply implement it as WithCallDepth(1), because
494 // Logger.WithCallStackHelper will call both methods if they are
495 // present. This should only be implemented for LogSinks that actually
496 // need it, as with testing.T.
497 type CallStackHelperLogSink interface {
498 // GetCallStackHelper returns a function that must be called
499 // to mark the direct caller as helper function when logging
500 // call site information.
501 GetCallStackHelper() func()
502 }
503 504 // Marshaler is an optional interface that logged values may choose to
505 // implement. Loggers with structured output, such as JSON, should
506 // log the object return by the MarshalLog method instead of the
507 // original value.
508 type Marshaler interface {
509 // MarshalLog can be used to:
510 // - ensure that structs are not logged as strings when the original
511 // value has a String method: return a different type without a
512 // String method
513 // - select which fields of a complex type should get logged:
514 // return a simpler struct with fewer fields
515 // - log unexported fields: return a different struct
516 // with exported fields
517 //
518 // It may return any value of any type.
519 MarshalLog() any
520 }
521