4 files changed, 67 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ManaTools/Module/Disk.pm b/lib/ManaTools/Module/Disk.pm
index 300696c6..9b3b8584 100644
--- a/lib/ManaTools/Module/Disk.pm
+++ b/lib/ManaTools/Module/Disk.pm
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ has 'backend' => (
     lazy => 1,
     init_arg => undef,
     default => sub {
-        return ManaTools::Shared::disk_backend->new();
+        my $self = shift;
+        return ManaTools::Shared::disk_backend->new(logger => $self->logger());
     }
 );
 
diff --git a/lib/ManaTools/Shared/disk_backend.pm b/lib/ManaTools/Shared/disk_backend.pm
index 9491c42f..6e2c72e6 100644
--- a/lib/ManaTools/Shared/disk_backend.pm
+++ b/lib/ManaTools/Shared/disk_backend.pm
@@ -67,6 +67,68 @@ use Moose;
 use File::Basename;
 use Module::Path qw(module_path);
 
+use ManaTools::Shared::Locales;
+use ManaTools::Shared::Logging;
+
+#=============================================================
+
+=head2 loc
+
+    loc attribute defines localization object that uses "manatools"
+    domain as default. (see ManaTools::Shared::Locales for details).
+    To use your own Module domain, override this attribute by using
+        has '+loc' => (
+            ...
+        )
+    or assign it again to your ManaTools::Shared::Locales object into
+    the extension module implementation.
+
+=cut
+
+#=============================================================
+has 'loc' => (
+    is => 'rw',
+    isa => 'ManaTools::Shared::Locales',
+    lazy => 1,
+    default => sub {
+        return ManaTools::Shared::Locales->new();
+    }
+);
+
+
+#=============================================================
+
+=head2 logger
+
+    logger attribute defines logging object that uses the loc attribute
+    and goes to Syslog. (see ManaTools::Shared::Logging for details).
+    You can use this attribute to log various messages:
+
+        $log->D("debugstuff: %s", $somestring);
+        $log->I("infostuff: %s", $somestring);
+        $log->W("warnstuff: %s", $somestring);
+        $log->E("errorstuff: %s", $somestring);
+
+    if you wish to trace (goes to STDERR):
+
+        $log->trace(1);
+
+=cut
+
+#=============================================================
+has 'logger' => (
+    is => 'rw',
+    isa => 'ManaTools::Shared::Logging',
+    lazy => 1,
+    init_arg => undef,
+    required => 0,
+    default => sub {
+        my $self = shift;
+        # make sure to trigger loc & name first
+        return ManaTools::Shared::Logging->new(loc => $self->loc(), ident => 'disk_backend');
+    },
+    handles => ['D','I','W','E'],
+);
 
 has 'plugins' => (
     is => 'ro',
diff --git a/lib/ManaTools/Shared/disk_backend/Plugin.pm b/lib/ManaTools/Shared/disk_backend/Plugin.pm
index 7fb3155f..61dd767a 100644
--- a/lib/ManaTools/Shared/disk_backend/Plugin.pm
+++ b/lib/ManaTools/Shared/disk_backend/Plugin.pm
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ has 'parent' => (
     is => 'ro',
     isa => 'ManaTools::Shared::disk_backend',
     required => 1,
+    handles => ['D','I','W','E'],
 );
 
 #=============================================================
diff --git a/lib/test-diskbe.pl b/lib/test-diskbe.pl
index c97479d0..2930e426 100644
--- a/lib/test-diskbe.pl
+++ b/lib/test-diskbe.pl
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ sub dumppart {
 
 my $db_man = ManaTools::Shared::disk_backend->new();
 
+#$db_man->logger->trace(1);
+
 $db_man->probe();
 
 my $mode = 'disks';