# Log::Log4perl::Appender::TestBuffer - phpMan

## NAME
    [Log::Log4perl::Appender::TestBuffer] - Appender class for testing

## SYNOPSIS
      use [Log::Log4perl::Appender::TestBuffer];

      my $appender = [Log::Log4perl::Appender::TestBuffer]->new(
          name      => 'mybuffer',
      );

          # Append to the buffer
      $appender->log(
          level =  > 'alert',
          message => "I'm searching the city for sci-fi wasabi\n"
      );

          # Retrieve the result
      my $result = $appender->buffer();

          # Clear the buffer to the empty string
      $appender->clear();

## DESCRIPTION
    This class is used for internal testing of "[Log::Log4perl]". It is a
    "[Log::Dispatch]"-style appender, which writes to a buffer in memory, from
    where actual results can be easily retrieved later to compare with
    expected results.

    Every buffer created is stored in an internal global array, and can
    later be referenced by name:

        my $app = [Log::Log4perl::Appender::TestBuffer]->by_name("mybuffer");

    retrieves the appender object of a previously created buffer "mybuffer".
    To reset this global array and have it forget all of the previously
    created testbuffer appenders (external references to those appenders
    nonwithstanding), use

        [Log::Log4perl::Appender::TestBuffer]->reset();

## SEE ALSO
## LICENSE
    Copyright 2002-2013 by Mike Schilli <<m@perlmeister.com>> and Kevin Goess
    <<cpan@goess.org>>.

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

## AUTHOR
    Please contribute patches to the project on Github:

        <http://github.com/mschilli/log4perl>

    Send bug reports or requests for enhancements to the authors via our

    MAILING LIST (questions, bug reports, suggestions/patches):
    <log4perl-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>

    Authors (please contact them via the list above, not directly): Mike
    Schilli <<m@perlmeister.com>>, Kevin Goess <<cpan@goess.org>>

    Contributors (in alphabetical order): Ateeq Altaf, Cory Bennett, Jens
    Berthold, Jeremy Bopp, Hutton Davidson, Chris R. Donnelly, Matisse
    Enzer, Hugh Esco, Anthony Foiani, James FitzGibbon, Carl Franks, Dennis
    Gregorovic, Andy Grundman, Paul Harrington, Alexander Hartmaier David
    Hull, Robert Jacobson, Jason Kohles, Jeff Macdonald, Markus Peter, Brett
    Rann, Peter Rabbitson, Erik Selberg, Aaron Straup Cope, Lars Thegler,
    David Viner, Mac Yang.