Logger class that will allow custom logger name within instance and class methods of other ruby classes.

method_logger.rb

# include in Ruby / Active Record class 
#
#  include MethodLogger
#  logger_name("ticket_logger")
#
#  use as a standard rails logger
#  ticket_logger.info("  Events Processed: #{events_processed}")
#  ticket_logger.error(e.inspect)
#
#  TODO 
#     - turn into a gem
#     - Add specs
#     - add multiple logger filename support within one class
#
# add as a file in app/models/method_logger.rb

module MethodLogger
  extend ActiveSupport::Concern

  def logger logname = nil
    logfile_name = logger_name logname
    @logger ||= Logger.new("#{Rails.root}/log/#{logfile_name}.log")
  end

  def logger_name logfile_name = nil
    logfile_name ||= "#{Rails.env}"
    logfile_name
  end

  module ClassMethods
    def logger
      @logger ||= Logger.new("#{Rails.root}/log/#{@logfile_name}.log")
    end

    private

    def logger_name logfile_name = nil
      logfile_name ||= "#{Rails.env}"
      @logfile_name = logfile_name
    end

  end

end