package Mylogger; use warnings; use strict; use base qw(Log::Log4perl); my @error_msgs; sub init { Log::Log4perl::init(@_); return; } sub get_logger { $Log::Log4perl::caller_depth = 1; my $logger = Log::Log4perl::get_logger(@_); bless $logger, __PACKAGE__; return $logger; } sub error { my ($this, $msg) = @_; push(@error_msgs, "ERROR $msg"); $this->SUPER::error($msg); return; } sub get_logged_errors { return \@error_msgs; } 1; #### use strict; use warnings; use FindBin; use Mylogger; my $conf = q( log4perl.rootLogger=DEBUG, Screen log4perl.appender.Screen = Log::Log4perl::Appender::Screen log4perl.appender.Screen.stderr = 0 log4perl.appender.Screen.layout=PatternLayout log4perl.appender.Screen.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} %-5p %C %m%n ); Mylogger::init(\$conf); my $log = Mylogger::get_logger(); $log->error('error 1'); $log->error('error 2'); #### #test.pl Can't locate object method "error" via package "Mylogger" at Mylogger.pm line 25. Can't locate object method "DESTROY" via package "Mylogger" at /usr/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.8.2/Log/Log4perl/Logger.pm line 60. END failed--call queue aborted.