stringer event method (#185)

README.md

@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ c = c.Append(hlog.NewHandler(log))
 c = c.Append(hlog.AccessHandler(func(r *http.Request, status, size int, duration time.Duration) {
     hlog.FromRequest(r).Info().
         Str("method", r.Method).
-        Str("url", r.URL.String()).
+        Stringer("url", r.URL).
         Int("status", status).
         Int("size", size).
         Dur("duration", duration).

event.go

@@ -236,6 +236,21 @@ func (e *Event) Strs(key string, vals []string) *Event {
 	return e
 }
 
+// Stringer adds the field key with val.String() (or null if val is nil) to the *Event context.
+func (e *Event) Stringer(key string, val fmt.Stringer) *Event {
+	if e == nil {
+		return e
+	}
+
+	if val != nil {
+		e.buf = enc.AppendString(enc.AppendKey(e.buf, key), val.String())
+		return e
+	}
+
+	e.buf = enc.AppendInterface(enc.AppendKey(e.buf, key), nil)
+	return e
+}
+
 // Bytes adds the field key with val as a string to the *Event context.
 //
 // Runes outside of normal ASCII ranges will be hex-encoded in the resulting

log_test.go

@@ -235,6 +235,8 @@ func TestFields(t *testing.T) {
 	log.Log().
 		Caller().
 		Str("string", "foo").
+		Stringer("stringer", net.IP{127, 0, 0, 1}).
+		Stringer("stringer_nil", nil).
 		Bytes("bytes", []byte("bar")).
 		Hex("hex", []byte{0x12, 0xef}).
 		RawJSON("json", []byte(`{"some":"json"}`)).
@@ -261,7 +263,7 @@ func TestFields(t *testing.T) {
 		Time("time", time.Time{}).
 		TimeDiff("diff", now, now.Add(-10*time.Second)).
 		Msg("")
-	if got, want := decodeIfBinaryToString(out.Bytes()), `{"caller":"`+caller+`","string":"foo","bytes":"bar","hex":"12ef","json":{"some":"json"},"error":"some error","bool":true,"int":1,"int8":2,"int16":3,"int32":4,"int64":5,"uint":6,"uint8":7,"uint16":8,"uint32":9,"uint64":10,"IPv4":"192.168.0.100","IPv6":"2001:db8:85a3::8a2e:370:7334","Mac":"00:14:22:01:23:45","Prefix":"192.168.0.100/24","float32":11.1234,"float64":12.321321321,"dur":1000,"time":"0001-01-01T00:00:00Z","diff":10000}`+"\n"; got != want {
+	if got, want := decodeIfBinaryToString(out.Bytes()), `{"caller":"`+caller+`","string":"foo","stringer":"127.0.0.1","stringer_nil":null,"bytes":"bar","hex":"12ef","json":{"some":"json"},"error":"some error","bool":true,"int":1,"int8":2,"int16":3,"int32":4,"int64":5,"uint":6,"uint8":7,"uint16":8,"uint32":9,"uint64":10,"IPv4":"192.168.0.100","IPv6":"2001:db8:85a3::8a2e:370:7334","Mac":"00:14:22:01:23:45","Prefix":"192.168.0.100/24","float32":11.1234,"float64":12.321321321,"dur":1000,"time":"0001-01-01T00:00:00Z","diff":10000}`+"\n"; got != want {
 		t.Errorf("invalid log output:\ngot:  %v\nwant: %v", got, want)
 	}
 }