0.6.13

Flush on exit

.gitignore

@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ build
 node_modules
 .bob/
 test/streams/test-rolling-file-stream*
+test/streams/test-rolling-stream-with-existing-files*

README.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # log4js-node [![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/nomiddlename/log4js-node.png?branch=master)](http://travis-ci.org/nomiddlename/log4js-node)
 
 
-This is a conversion of the [log4js](http://log4js.berlios.de/index.html)
+This is a conversion of the [log4js](https://github.com/stritti/log4js)
 framework to work with [node](http://nodejs.org). I've mainly stripped out the browser-specific code and tidied up some of the javascript. 
 
 Out of the box it supports the following features:
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Out of the box it supports the following features:
 * SMTP appender
 * GELF appender
 * hook.io appender
+* Loggly appender
 * multiprocess appender (useful when you've got worker processes)
 * a logger for connect/express servers
 * configurable log message layout/patterns

examples/flush-on-exit.js

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/**
+ * run this, then "ab -c 10 -n 100 localhost:4444/" to test (in
+ * another shell)
+ */
+var log4js = require('../lib/log4js');
+log4js.configure({
+      appenders: [
+        { type: 'file', filename: 'cheese.log', category: 'cheese' },
+        { type: 'console'}
+  ]
+});
+
+var logger = log4js.getLogger('cheese');
+logger.setLevel('INFO');
+
+var http=require('http');
+
+var server = http.createServer(function(request, response){
+    response.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
+    var rd = Math.random() * 50;
+    logger.info("hello " + rd);
+    response.write('hello ');
+    if (Math.floor(rd) == 30){
+        log4js.shutdown(function() { process.exit(1); });
+    }
+    response.end();
+}).listen(4444);

examples/loggly-appender.js

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+//Note that loggly appender needs node-loggly to work.
+//If you haven't got node-loggly installed, you'll get cryptic
+//"cannot find module" errors when using the loggly appender
+var log4js = require('../lib/log4js');
+
+log4js.configure({
+  "appenders": [
+    {
+      type: "console",
+      category: "test"
+    },
+    {
+      "type"     : "loggly",
+      "token"    : "12345678901234567890",
+      "subdomain": "your-subdomain",
+      "tags"     : ["test"],
+      "category" : "loggly"
+    }
+  ]
+});
+
+var logger = log4js.getLogger("loggly");
+logger.info("Test log message");
+//logger.debug("Test log message");

lib/appenders/clustered.js

@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ var log4js = require('../log4js');
  * Takes a loggingEvent object, returns string representation of it.
  */
 function serializeLoggingEvent(loggingEvent) {
+	// JSON.stringify(new Error('test')) returns {}, which is not really useful for us.
+	// The following allows us to serialize errors correctly.
+	for (var i = 0; i < loggingEvent.data.length; i++) {
+		var item = loggingEvent.data[i];
+		if (item && item.stack && JSON.stringify(item) === '{}') { // Validate that we really are in this case
+			loggingEvent.data[i] = {stack : item.stack};
+		}
+	}
 	return JSON.stringify(loggingEvent);
 }
 
@@ -115,4 +123,4 @@ function configure(config, options) {
 }
 
 exports.appender = createAppender;
-exports.configure = configure; 
+exports.configure = configure; 

lib/appenders/file.js

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 "use strict";
 var layouts = require('../layouts')
+, async = require('async')
 , path = require('path')
 , fs = require('fs')
 , streams = require('../streams')
@@ -78,5 +79,16 @@ function configure(config, options) {
   return fileAppender(config.filename, layout, config.maxLogSize, config.backups);
 }
 
+function shutdown(cb) {
+  async.forEach(openFiles, function(file, done) {
+    if (!file.write(eol, "utf-8")) {
+      file.once('drain', function() {
+        file.end(done);
+      });
+    }
+  }, cb);
+}  
+
 exports.appender = fileAppender;
 exports.configure = configure;
+exports.shutdown = shutdown;

lib/appenders/gelf.js

@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ function gelfAppender (layout, host, port, hostname, facility) {
     msg.short_message = msg.full_message;
     
     msg.version="1.0";
-    msg.timestamp = msg.timestamp || new Date().getTime() / 1000 >> 0;
+    msg.timestamp = msg.timestamp || new Date().getTime() / 1000; // log should use millisecond 
     msg.host = hostname;
     msg.level = levelMapping[loggingEvent.level || levels.DEBUG];
     msg.facility = facility;

lib/appenders/loggly.js

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+"use strict";
+var layouts = require("../layouts")
+, loggly = require("loggly")
+, os = require('os');
+
+/**
+ * Loggly Appender. Sends logging events to Loggly using node-loggly 
+ *
+ * @param config object with loggly configuration data
+ * {
+ *   token: 'your-really-long-input-token',
+ *   subdomain: 'your-subdomain',
+ *   tags: ['loggly-tag1', 'loggly-tag2', .., 'loggly-tagn'] 
+ * }
+ * @param layout a function that takes a logevent and returns a string (defaults to basicLayout).
+ */
+function logglyAppender(config, layout) {
+	layout = layout || layouts.basicLayout;
+
+	var client = loggly.createClient(config);
+	
+	return function(loggingEvent) {
+		client.log(layout(loggingEvent), config.tags);
+	};
+}
+
+function configure(config) {
+	var layout;
+	if (config.layout) {
+		layout = layouts.layout(config.layout.type, config.layout);
+	}
+	return logglyAppender(config, layout);
+}
+
+exports.name      = "loggly";
+exports.appender  = logglyAppender;
+exports.configure = configure;

lib/appenders/multiprocess.js

@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@ function workerAppender(config) {
   }
   
   function write(loggingEvent) {
+	// JSON.stringify(new Error('test')) returns {}, which is not really useful for us.
+	// The following allows us to serialize errors correctly.
+	if (loggingEvent && loggingEvent.stack && JSON.stringify(loggingEvent) === '{}') { // Validate that we really are in this case
+		loggingEvent = {stack : loggingEvent.stack};
+	}
     socket.write(JSON.stringify(loggingEvent), 'utf8');
     socket.write(END_MSG, 'utf8');
   }

lib/connect-logger.js

@@ -120,10 +120,10 @@ function format(str, req, res) {
     .replace(':referrer', req.headers.referer || req.headers.referrer || '')
     .replace(':http-version', req.httpVersionMajor + '.' + req.httpVersionMinor)
     .replace(
-      ':remote-addr', 
+      ':remote-addr', req.ip || req._remoteAddress || ( 
       req.socket && 
         (req.socket.remoteAddress || (req.socket.socket && req.socket.socket.remoteAddress))
-    )
+    ))
     .replace(':user-agent', req.headers['user-agent'] || '')
     .replace(
       ':content-length', 

lib/log4js.js

@@ -44,17 +44,20 @@
  * Website: http://log4js.berlios.de
  */
 var events = require('events')
+, async = require('async')
 , fs = require('fs')
 , path = require('path')
 , util = require('util')
 , layouts = require('./layouts')
 , levels = require('./levels')
-, LoggingEvent = require('./logger').LoggingEvent
-, Logger = require('./logger').Logger
+, loggerModule = require('./logger')
+, LoggingEvent = loggerModule.LoggingEvent
+, Logger = loggerModule.Logger
 , ALL_CATEGORIES = '[all]'
 , appenders = {}
 , loggers = {}
 , appenderMakers = {}
+, appenderShutdowns = {}
 , defaultConfig =   {
   appenders: [
     { type: "console" }
@@ -62,6 +65,11 @@ var events = require('events')
   replaceConsole: false
 };
 
+function hasLogger(logger) {
+  return loggers.hasOwnProperty(logger);
+}
+
+
 /**
  * Get a logger instance. Instance is cached on categoryName level.
  * @param  {String} categoryName name of category to log to.
@@ -76,7 +84,7 @@ function getLogger (categoryName) {
   }
 
   var appenderList;
-  if (!loggers[categoryName]) {
+  if (!hasLogger(categoryName)) {
     // Create the logger for this name if it doesn't already exist
     loggers[categoryName] = new Logger(categoryName);
     if (appenders[categoryName]) {
@@ -115,7 +123,7 @@ function addAppender () {
     
     if (category === ALL_CATEGORIES) {
       addAppenderToAllLoggers(appender);
-    } else if (loggers[category]) {
+    } else if (hasLogger(category)) {
       loggers[category].addListener("log", appender);
     }
   });
@@ -123,7 +131,7 @@ function addAppender () {
 
 function addAppenderToAllLoggers(appender) {
   for (var logger in loggers) {
-    if (loggers.hasOwnProperty(logger)) {
+    if (hasLogger(logger)) {
       loggers[logger].addListener("log", appender);
     }
   }
@@ -139,7 +147,7 @@ function addAppenderToCategory(appender, category) {
 function clearAppenders () {
   appenders = {};
   for (var logger in loggers) {
-    if (loggers.hasOwnProperty(logger)) {
+    if (hasLogger(logger)) {
       loggers[logger].removeAllListeners("log");
     }
   }
@@ -298,17 +306,52 @@ function loadAppender(appender) {
     appenderModule = require(appender);
   }
   module.exports.appenders[appender] = appenderModule.appender.bind(appenderModule);
+  if (appenderModule.shutdown) {
+    appenderShutdowns[appender] = appenderModule.shutdown.bind(appenderModule);
+  }
   appenderMakers[appender] = appenderModule.configure.bind(appenderModule);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Shutdown all log appenders. This will first disable all writing to appenders
+ * and then call the shutdown function each appender.
+ *
+ * @params {Function} cb - The callback to be invoked once all appenders have
+ *  shutdown. If an error occurs, the callback will be given the error object
+ *  as the first argument.
+ * @returns {void}
+ */
+function shutdown(cb) {
+  // First, disable all writing to appenders. This prevents appenders from
+  // not being able to be drained because of run-away log writes.
+  loggerModule.disableAllLogWrites();
+
+  // Next, get all the shutdown functions for appenders as an array.
+  var shutdownFunctions = Object.keys(appenderShutdowns).reduce(
+    function(accum, category) {
+      return accum.concat(appenderShutdowns[category]);
+    }, []);
+
+  // Call each of the shutdown functions.
+  async.forEach(
+    shutdownFunctions,
+    function(shutdownFn, done) {
+      shutdownFn(done);
+    },
+		cb
+  );
+}
+
 module.exports = {
   getLogger: getLogger,
   getDefaultLogger: getDefaultLogger,
+  hasLogger: hasLogger,
   
   addAppender: addAppender,
   loadAppender: loadAppender,
   clearAppenders: clearAppenders,
   configure: configure,
+  shutdown: shutdown,
   
   replaceConsole: replaceConsole,
   restoreConsole: restoreConsole,

lib/logger.js

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ var levels = require('./levels')
 , events = require('events')
 , DEFAULT_CATEGORY = '[default]';
 
+var logWritesEnabled = true;
+
 /**
  * Models a logging event.
  * @constructor
@@ -49,9 +51,12 @@ Logger.prototype.removeLevel = function() {
 
 Logger.prototype.log = function() {
   var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments)
-  , logLevel = args.shift()
-  , loggingEvent = new LoggingEvent(this.category, logLevel, args, this);
-  this.emit("log", loggingEvent);
+  , logLevel = levels.toLevel(args.shift())
+  , loggingEvent;
+  if (this.isLevelEnabled(logLevel)) {
+    loggingEvent = new LoggingEvent(this.category, logLevel, args, this);
+    this.emit("log", loggingEvent);
+  }
 };
 
 Logger.prototype.isLevelEnabled = function(otherLevel) {
@@ -66,7 +71,7 @@ Logger.prototype.isLevelEnabled = function(otherLevel) {
     };
     
     Logger.prototype[levelString.toLowerCase()] = function () {
-      if (this.isLevelEnabled(level)) {
+      if (logWritesEnabled && this.isLevelEnabled(level)) {
         var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments);
         args.unshift(level);
         Logger.prototype.log.apply(this, args);
@@ -75,6 +80,23 @@ Logger.prototype.isLevelEnabled = function(otherLevel) {
   }
 );
 
+/**
+ * Disable all log writes.
+ * @returns {void}
+ */
+function disableAllLogWrites() {
+  logWritesEnabled = false;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Enable log writes.
+ * @returns {void}
+ */
+function enableAllLogWrites() {
+  logWritesEnabled = true;
+}
 
 exports.LoggingEvent = LoggingEvent;
 exports.Logger = Logger;
+exports.disableAllLogWrites = disableAllLogWrites;
+exports.enableAllLogWrites = enableAllLogWrites;

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "log4js",
-  "version": "0.6.8",
+  "version": "0.6.13",
   "description": "Port of Log4js to work with node.",
   "keywords": [
     "logging",
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "node"
   ],
   "main": "./lib/log4js",
-  "author": "Gareth Jones <gareth.jones@sensis.com.au>",
+  "author": "Gareth Jones <gareth.nomiddlename@gmail.com>",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/nomiddlename/log4js-node.git"

test/clusteredAppender-test.js

@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ vows.describe('log4js cluster appender').addBatch({
 
 			// Actual test - log message using masterAppender
 			workerAppender(new LoggingEvent('wovs', 'Info', ['workerAppender test']));
+			workerAppender(new LoggingEvent('wovs', 'Info', [new Error('Error test')]));
 			
 			var returnValue = {
 				registeredProcessEvents: registeredProcessEvents,
@@ -109,6 +110,14 @@ vows.describe('log4js cluster appender').addBatch({
 		"worker appender should call process.send" : function(topic) {
 			assert.equal(topic.registeredProcessEvents[0].type, '::log-message');
 			assert.equal(JSON.parse(topic.registeredProcessEvents[0].event).data[0], "workerAppender test");
+		},
+		
+		"worker should serialize an Error correctly" : function(topic) {
+			assert.equal(topic.registeredProcessEvents[1].type, '::log-message');
+			assert(JSON.parse(topic.registeredProcessEvents[1].event).data[0].stack);
+			var actual = JSON.parse(topic.registeredProcessEvents[1].event).data[0].stack;
+			var expectedRegex = /^Error: Error test/;
+			assert(actual.match(expectedRegex), "Expected: \n\n " + actual + "\n\n to match " + expectedRegex);
 		}
 		
 	}

test/dateFileAppender-test.js

@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ var vows = require('vows')
 , path = require('path')
 , fs = require('fs')
 , sandbox = require('sandboxed-module')
-, log4js = require('../lib/log4js');
+, log4js = require('../lib/log4js')
+, EOL = require('os').EOL || '\n';
 
 function removeFile(filename) {
   return function() {
@@ -134,7 +135,10 @@ vows.describe('../lib/appenders/dateFile').addBatch({
       teardown: removeFile('date-file-test.log'),
       
       'should load appender configuration from a json file': function(err, contents) {
-        assert.include(contents, 'this should be written to the file' + require('os').EOL);
+        if (err) {
+          throw err;
+        }
+        assert.include(contents, 'this should be written to the file' + EOL);
         assert.equal(contents.indexOf('this should not be written to the file'), -1);
       }
     },
@@ -161,7 +165,7 @@ vows.describe('../lib/appenders/dateFile').addBatch({
         , thisTime = format.asString(options.appenders[0].pattern, new Date());
         fs.writeFileSync(
           path.join(__dirname, 'date-file-test' + thisTime), 
-          "this is existing data" + require('os').EOL, 
+          "this is existing data" + EOL,
           'utf8'
         );
         log4js.clearAppenders();

test/layouts-test.js

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ function test(args, pattern, value) {
   var layout = args[0]
   , event = args[1]
   , tokens = args[2];
-  
+
   assert.equal(layout(pattern, tokens)(event), value);
 }
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ vows.describe('log4js layouts').addBatch({
     topic: function() {
       return require('../lib/layouts').colouredLayout;
     },
-    
+
     'should apply level colour codes to output': function(layout) {
       var output = layout({
         data: ["nonsense"],
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ vows.describe('log4js layouts').addBatch({
       assert.equal(output, '\x1B[31m[2010-12-05 14:18:30.045] [ERROR] cheese - \x1B[39mthing 2');
     }
   },
-  
+
   'messagePassThroughLayout': {
     topic: function() {
       return require('../lib/layouts').messagePassThroughLayout;
@@ -58,49 +58,49 @@ vows.describe('log4js layouts').addBatch({
     },
     'should support the console.log format for the message' : function(layout) {
       assert.equal(layout({
-        data: ["thing %d", 1, "cheese"], 
-        startTime: new Date(2010, 11, 5, 14, 18, 30, 45), 
-        categoryName: "cheese", 
+        data: ["thing %d", 1, "cheese"],
+        startTime: new Date(2010, 11, 5, 14, 18, 30, 45),
+        categoryName: "cheese",
         level : {
-          colour: "green", 
+          colour: "green",
           toString: function() { return "ERROR"; }
         }
       }), "thing 1 cheese");
     },
     'should output the first item even if it is not a string': function(layout) {
       assert.equal(layout({
-        data: [ { thing: 1} ], 
-        startTime: new Date(2010, 11, 5, 14, 18, 30, 45), 
-        categoryName: "cheese", 
+        data: [ { thing: 1} ],
+        startTime: new Date(2010, 11, 5, 14, 18, 30, 45),
+        categoryName: "cheese",
         level: {
-          colour: "green", 
+          colour: "green",
           toString: function() { return "ERROR"; }
         }
       }), "{ thing: 1 }");
     },
     'should print the stacks of a passed error objects': function(layout) {
       assert.isArray(layout({
-        data: [ new Error() ], 
-        startTime: new Date(2010, 11, 5, 14, 18, 30, 45), 
-        categoryName: "cheese", 
+        data: [ new Error() ],
+        startTime: new Date(2010, 11, 5, 14, 18, 30, 45),
+        categoryName: "cheese",
         level: {
-          colour: "green", 
+          colour: "green",
           toString: function() { return "ERROR"; }
         }
       }).match(/Error\s+at Object\..*\s+\((.*)test[\\\/]layouts-test\.js\:\d+\:\d+\)\s+at runTest/)
                      , 'regexp did not return a match');
     },
-    'with passed augmented errors': { 
+    'with passed augmented errors': {
       topic: function(layout){
         var e = new Error("My Unique Error Message");
         e.augmented = "My Unique attribute value";
         e.augObj = { at1: "at2" };
         return layout({
-          data: [ e ], 
-          startTime: new Date(2010, 11, 5, 14, 18, 30, 45), 
-          categoryName: "cheese", 
+          data: [ e ],
+          startTime: new Date(2010, 11, 5, 14, 18, 30, 45),
+          categoryName: "cheese",
           level: {
-            colour: "green", 
+            colour: "green",
             toString: function() { return "ERROR"; }
           }
         });
@@ -118,10 +118,10 @@ vows.describe('log4js layouts').addBatch({
         assert.isArray(m);
       }
     }
-    
-    
+
+
   },
-  
+
   'basicLayout': {
     topic: function() {
       var layout = require('../lib/layouts').basicLayout,
@@ -143,17 +143,17 @@ vows.describe('log4js layouts').addBatch({
       var layout = args[0], event = args[1], output, lines,
       error = new Error("Some made-up error"),
       stack = error.stack.split(/\n/);
-      
+
       event.data = ['this is a test', error];
       output = layout(event);
       lines = output.split(/\n/);
-      
+
       assert.equal(lines.length - 1, stack.length);
       assert.equal(
-        lines[0], 
+        lines[0],
         "[2010-12-05 14:18:30.045] [DEBUG] tests - this is a test [Error: Some made-up error]"
       );
-      
+
       for (var i = 1; i < stack.length; i++) {
         assert.equal(lines[i+2], stack[i+1]);
       }
@@ -166,13 +166,13 @@ vows.describe('log4js layouts').addBatch({
       }];
       output = layout(event);
       assert.equal(
-        output, 
-        "[2010-12-05 14:18:30.045] [DEBUG] tests - this is a test " + 
+        output,
+        "[2010-12-05 14:18:30.045] [DEBUG] tests - this is a test " +
           "{ name: 'Cheese', message: 'Gorgonzola smells.' }"
       );
     }
   },
-  
+
   'patternLayout': {
     topic: function() {
       var event = {
@@ -188,9 +188,12 @@ vows.describe('log4js layouts').addBatch({
         testFunction: function() { return 'testFunctionToken'; },
         fnThatUsesLogEvent: function(logEvent) { return logEvent.level.toString(); }
       };
+
+      //override getTimezoneOffset
+      event.startTime.getTimezoneOffset = function() { return 0; };
       return [layout, event, tokens];
     },
-    
+
     'should default to "time logLevel loggerName - message"': function(args) {
       test(args, null, "14:18:30 DEBUG multiple.levels.of.tests - this is a test\n");
     },

test/logger-test.js

@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 var vows = require('vows')
 , assert = require('assert')
 , levels = require('../lib/levels')
-, Logger = require('../lib/logger').Logger;
+, loggerModule = require('../lib/logger')
+, Logger = loggerModule.Logger;
 
 vows.describe('../lib/logger').addBatch({
   'constructor with no parameters': {
@@ -53,5 +54,28 @@ vows.describe('../lib/logger').addBatch({
       assert.isTrue(logger.isErrorEnabled());
       assert.isTrue(logger.isFatalEnabled());
     }
+  },
+
+  'should emit log events': {
+    topic: function() {
+      var events = [],
+          logger = new Logger();
+      logger.addListener('log', function (logEvent) { events.push(logEvent); });
+      logger.debug('Event 1');
+      loggerModule.disableAllLogWrites();
+      logger.debug('Event 2');
+      loggerModule.enableAllLogWrites();
+      logger.debug('Event 3');
+      return events;
+    },
+
+    'when log writes are enabled': function(events) {
+      assert.equal(events[0].data[0], 'Event 1');
+    },
+
+    'but not when log writes are disabled': function(events) {
+      assert.equal(events.length, 2);
+      assert.equal(events[1].data[0], 'Event 3');
+    }
   }
 }).exportTo(module);

test/logging-test.js

@@ -75,13 +75,65 @@ vows.describe('log4js').addBatch({
         assert.equal(events[1].level.toString(), 'WARN');
       },
       
-      'should include the error if passed in': function (events) {
+      'should include the error if passed in': function(events) {
         assert.instanceOf(events[2].data[1], Error);
         assert.equal(events[2].data[1].message, 'Pants are on fire!');
       }
-      
+    }
+  },
+
+  'when shutdown is called': {
+    topic: function() {
+      var events = {
+       appenderShutdownCalled: false,
+       shutdownCallbackCalled: false
+      },
+      log4js = sandbox.require(
+        '../lib/log4js',
+        {
+          requires: {
+            './appenders/file':
+            {
+              name: "file",
+              appender: function() {},
+              configure: function(configuration) {
+                return function() {};
+              },
+              shutdown: function(cb) {
+                events.appenderShutdownCalled = true;
+                cb();
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      ),
+      shutdownCallback = function() {
+        events.shutdownCallbackCalled = true;
+      },
+      config = { appenders:
+                 [ { "type" : "file",
+                     "filename" : "cheesy-wotsits.log",
+                     "maxLogSize" : 1024,
+                     "backups" : 3
+                   }
+                 ]
+               };
+
+      log4js.configure(config);
+      log4js.shutdown(shutdownCallback);
+      // Re-enable log writing so other tests that use logger are not
+      // affected.
+      require('../lib/logger').enableAllLogWrites();
+      return events;
     },
-    
+
+    'should invoke appender shutdowns': function(events) {
+      assert.ok(events.appenderShutdownCalled);
+    },
+
+    'should call callback': function(events) {
+      assert.ok(events.shutdownCallbackCalled);
+    }
   },
   
   'invalid configuration': {

test/logglyAppender-test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+"use strict";
+var vows = require('vows')
+, assert = require('assert')
+, log4js = require('../lib/log4js')
+, sandbox = require('sandboxed-module')
+;
+
+function setupLogging(category, options) {
+  var msgs = [];
+  
+  var fakeLoggly = {
+    createClient: function (options) {
+      return {
+        config: options,
+        log: function (msg, tags) {
+          msgs.push({
+            msg: msg,
+            tags: tags
+          });
+        }
+      };
+    }
+  };
+
+  var fakeLayouts = {
+    layout: function(type, config) {
+      this.type = type;
+      this.config = config;
+      return log4js.layouts.messagePassThroughLayout;
+    },
+    basicLayout: log4js.layouts.basicLayout,
+    messagePassThroughLayout: log4js.layouts.messagePassThroughLayout
+  };
+
+  var fakeConsole = {
+    errors: [],
+    error: function(msg, value) {
+      this.errors.push({ msg: msg, value: value });
+    }
+  };
+
+  var logglyModule = sandbox.require('../lib/appenders/loggly', {
+    requires: {
+      'loggly': fakeLoggly,
+      '../layouts': fakeLayouts
+    },
+    globals: {
+      console: fakeConsole
+    }
+  });
+
+  log4js.addAppender(logglyModule.configure(options), category);
+  
+  return {
+    logger: log4js.getLogger(category),
+    loggly: fakeLoggly,
+    layouts: fakeLayouts,
+    console: fakeConsole,
+    results: msgs
+  };
+}
+
+log4js.clearAppenders();
+vows.describe('log4js logglyAppender').addBatch({
+  'minimal config': {
+    topic: function() {
+      var setup = setupLogging('loggly', {
+        token: 'your-really-long-input-token',
+        subdomain: 'your-subdomain',
+        tags: ['loggly-tag1', 'loggly-tag2', 'loggly-tagn'] 
+      });
+      
+      setup.logger.log('trace', 'Log event #1');
+      return setup;
+    },
+    'there should be one message only': function (topic) {
+      //console.log('topic', topic);
+      assert.equal(topic.results.length, 1);
+    }
+  }
+
+}).export(module);

test/multiprocess-test.js

@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ vows.describe('Multiprocess Appender').addBatch({
       appender('after error, before connect');
       fakeNet.cbs.connect();
       appender('after error, after connect');
+	  appender(new Error('Error test'));
       
       return fakeNet;
     },
@@ -98,6 +99,13 @@ vows.describe('Multiprocess Appender').addBatch({
       assert.equal(net.data[6], JSON.stringify('after error, after connect'));
       assert.equal(net.data[7], '__LOG4JS__');
       assert.equal(net.createConnectionCalled, 2);
+    },
+    'should serialize an Error correctly': function(net) {
+      assert(JSON.parse(net.data[8]).stack, "Expected:\n\n" + net.data[8] + "\n\n to have a 'stack' property");
+      var actual = JSON.parse(net.data[8]).stack;
+      var expectedRegex = /^Error: Error test/;
+      assert(actual.match(expectedRegex), "Expected: \n\n " + actual + "\n\n to match " + expectedRegex);
+
     }
   },
   'worker with timeout': {