remote-syslog.rb in logging-remote-syslog-0.0.5

- old
+ new

@@ -32,10 +32,11 @@
     #
     #    :ident         => identifier string (name is used by default)
     #    :syslog_server => address of the remote syslog server
     #    :port          => port of the remote syslog server
     #    :facility      => the syslog facility to use
+    #    :modifier      => an optional callback method for altering original message; takes original message and returns updated one
     #
     # The parameter :ident is a string that will be prepended to every
     # message. The :facility parameter encodes a default facility to be
     # assigned to all messages that do not have an explicit facility encoded.
     #
@@ -76,10 +77,11 @@
     #
     def initialize( name, opts = {} )
       @ident = opts.getopt(:ident, name)
       @syslog_server =  opts.getopt(:syslog_server, '127.0.0.1')
       @port = opts.getopt(:port, 514, :as => Integer)
+      @modifier = opts.getopt(:modifier)
 
       @strip_colors =  opts.getopt(:strip_colors, true)
 
       facility_name = opts.getopt(:facility, 'user')
 
@@ -121,10 +123,12 @@
     def strip_ansi_colors(message)
       message.gsub /\e\[?.*?[\@-~]/, ''
     end
 
     def prepare_message(message)
-      @strip_colors ? strip_ansi_colors(message) : message
+      message = @strip_colors ? strip_ansi_colors(message) : message
+      message = @modifier.call(message) if @modifier
+      message
     end
 
     private
 
     # call-seq: