1 files changed, 23 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/transaction/event.rb b/lib/puppet/transaction/event.rb
index abd5c8041..41e1f5130 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/transaction/event.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/transaction/event.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 require 'puppet/transaction'
 require 'puppet/util/tagging'
+require 'puppet/util/logging'
 
 # A simple struct for storing what happens on the system.
 class Puppet::Transaction::Event 
     include Puppet::Util::Tagging
+    include Puppet::Util::Logging
 
-    ATTRIBUTES = [:name, :resource, :property, :previous_value, :desired_value, :status, :log, :node, :version, :file, :line]
+    ATTRIBUTES = [:name, :resource, :property, :previous_value, :desired_value, :status, :message, :node, :version, :file, :line, :source_description]
     attr_accessor *ATTRIBUTES
     attr_writer :tags
     attr_accessor :time
@@ -19,12 +21,31 @@ class Puppet::Transaction::Event
         @time = Time.now
     end
 
+    def property=(prop)
+        @property = prop.to_s
+    end
+
+    def resource=(res)
+        @resource = res.to_s
+    end
+
+    def send_log
+        super(status == "failure" ? :err : :notice, message)
+    end
+
     def status=(value)
         raise ArgumentError, "Event status can only be #{EVENT_STATUSES.join(', ')}" unless EVENT_STATUSES.include?(value)
         @status = value
     end
 
     def to_s
-        log
+        message
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    # Used by the Logging module
+    def log_source
+        source_description || property || resource
     end
 end