telemere/main/resources/docs/signal-creators.txt
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Call a Telemere signal creator to conditionally create a signal at that callsite.
When filtering conditions are met [4], the call creates a Telemere signal [3]
and dispatches it to registered handlers for processing (e.g. writing to
console/file/queue/db, etc.).
Telemere doesn't make a hard distinction between different kinds of signals
(log, event, error, etc.) - they're all just plain Clojure/Script maps with
various keys:
- All signal creators offer the same options [2], and
- All signal kinds can contain the same content [3]
Creators vary only in in their default `:kind` value and call APIs (expected
args and return values), making them more/less convenient for certain use cases:
`log!` ------------- ?level + msg => nil
`event!` ----------- id + ?level => nil
`trace!` ----------- ?id + run => run result (value or throw)
`spy!` ------------- ?level + run => run result (value or throw)
`error!` ----------- ?id + error => given error
`catch->error!` ---- ?id + run => run value or ?catch-val
`uncaught->error!` - ?id => nil
`signal!` ---------- opts => allowed? / run result (value or throw)
- `log!` and `event!` are both good default/general-purpose signal creators.
- `log!` emphasizes messages, while `event!` emphasizes ids.
- `signal!` is the generic creator, and is used by all the others.
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[2] See `help:signal-options` - {:keys [kind level id data ...]}
[3] See `help:signal-content` - {:keys [kind level id data ...]}
[4] See `help:signal-filters` - (by ns/kind/id/level, sampling, etc.)