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+# Log
+
+## Usage
+
+```ts
+import * as log from "https://deno.land/std/log/mod.ts";
+
+// simple default logger, you can customize it
+// by overriding logger and handler named "default"
+log.debug("Hello world");
+log.info("Hello world");
+log.warning("Hello world");
+log.error("Hello world");
+log.critical("500 Internal server error");
+
+// custom configuration
+await log.setup({
+  handlers: {
+    console: new log.handlers.ConsoleHandler("DEBUG"),
+
+    file: new log.handlers.FileHandler("WARNING", {
+      filename: "./log.txt",
+      // you can change format of output message
+      formatter: "{levelName} {msg}"
+    })
+  },
+
+  loggers: {
+    // configure default logger available via short-hand methods above
+    default: {
+      level: "DEBUG",
+      handlers: ["console", "file"]
+    },
+
+    tasks: {
+      level: "ERROR",
+      handlers: ["console"]
+    }
+  }
+});
+
+let logger;
+
+// get default logger
+logger = log.getLogger();
+logger.debug("fizz"); // logs to `console`, because `file` handler requires "WARNING" level
+logger.warning("buzz"); // logs to both `console` and `file` handlers
+
+// get custom logger
+logger = log.getLogger("tasks");
+logger.debug("fizz"); // won't get output becase this logger has "ERROR" level
+logger.error("buzz"); // log to `console`
+
+// if you try to use a logger that hasn't been configured
+// you're good to go, it gets created automatically with level set to 0
+// so no message is logged
+unknownLogger = log.getLogger("mystery");
+unknownLogger.info("foobar"); // no-op
+```
+
+## Advanced usage
+
+### Loggers
+
+Loggers are objects that you interact with. When you use logger method it constructs a `LogRecord` and passes it down to its handlers for output. To create custom loggers speficify them in `loggers` when calling `log.setup`.
+
+#### `LogRecord`
+
+`LogRecord` is an object that encapsulates provided message and arguments as well some meta data that can be later used when formatting a message.
+
+```ts
+interface LogRecord {
+  msg: string;
+  args: any[];
+  datetime: Date;
+  level: number;
+  levelName: string;
+}
+```
+
+### Handlers
+
+Handlers are responsible for actual output of log messages. When handler is called by logger it firstly checks that `LogRecord`'s level is not lower than level of the handler. If level check passes, handlers formats log record into string and outputs it to target.
+
+`log` module comes with two built-in handlers:
+
+- `ConsoleHandler` - (default)
+- `FileHandler`
+
+#### Custom message format
+
+If you want to override default format of message you can define `formatter` option for handler. It can be either simple string-based format that uses `LogRecord` fields or more complicated function-based one that takes `LogRecord` as argument and outputs string.
+
+Eg.
+
+```ts
+await log.setup({
+  handlers: {
+    stringFmt: new log.handlers.ConsoleHandler("DEBUG", {
+      formatter: "[{levelName}] {msg}"
+    }),
+
+    functionFmt: new log.handlers.ConsoleHandler("DEBUG", {
+      formatter: logRecord => {
+        let msg = `${logRecord.level} ${logRecord.msg}`;
+
+        logRecord.args.forEach((arg, index) => {
+          msg += `, arg${index}: ${arg}`;
+        });
+
+        return msg;
+      }
+    }),
+  },
+
+  loggers: {
+     default: {
+         level: "DEBUG",
+         handlers: ["stringFmt", "functionFmt"],
+     },
+  }
+})
+
+// calling
+log.debug("Hello, world!", 1, "two", [3, 4, 5]);
+// results in:
+[DEBUG] Hello, world! // output from "stringFmt" handler
+10 Hello, world!, arg0: 1, arg1: two, arg3: [3, 4, 5] // output from "functionFmt" formatter
+```
+
+#### Custom handlers
+
+Custom handlers can be implemented by subclassing `BaseHandler` or `WriterHandler`.
+
+`BaseHandler` is bare-bones handler that has no output logic at all,
+
+`WriterHandler` is an abstract class that supports any target with `Writer` interface.
+
+During setup async hooks `setup` and `destroy` are called, you can use them to open and close file/HTTP connection or any other action you might need.
+
+For examples check source code of `FileHandler` and `TestHandler`.