'@type prefix: C{str}
@param prefix: The syslog prefix to use.
@type options: C{int}
@param options: A bitvector represented as an integer of the syslog
options to use.
@type facility: C{int}
@param facility: An indication to the syslog daemon of what sort of
program this is (essentially, an additional arbitrary metadata
classification for messages sent to syslog by this observer).'

def __init__(self, prefix, options=DEFAULT_OPTIONS, facility=DEFAULT_FACILITY):

    self.openlog(prefix, options, facility)
