com.mckoi.util
Class LogWriter

java.lang.Object
  extended by java.io.Writer
      extended by com.mckoi.util.LogWriter
All Implemented Interfaces:
java.io.Closeable, java.io.Flushable, java.lang.Appendable

public class LogWriter
extends java.io.Writer

A Writer that writes information to a log file that archives old log entries when it goes above a certain size.

Author:
Tobias Downer

Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class java.io.Writer
lock
 
Constructor Summary
LogWriter(java.io.File base_name, long max_size, int archive_count)
          Constructs the log writer.
 
Method Summary
 void close()
           
 void flush()
           
 void write(char[] cbuf, int off, int len)
           
 void write(int c)
           
 void write(java.lang.String str, int off, int len)
           
 
Methods inherited from class java.io.Writer
append, append, append, append, append, append, write, write
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

LogWriter

public LogWriter(java.io.File base_name,
                 long max_size,
                 int archive_count)
          throws java.io.IOException
Constructs the log writer. The 'base_name' is the name of log file. 'max_size' is the maximum size the file can grow to before it is copied to a log archive.

Throws:
java.io.IOException
Method Detail

write

public void write(int c)
           throws java.io.IOException
Overrides:
write in class java.io.Writer
Throws:
java.io.IOException

write

public void write(char[] cbuf,
                  int off,
                  int len)
           throws java.io.IOException
Specified by:
write in class java.io.Writer
Throws:
java.io.IOException

write

public void write(java.lang.String str,
                  int off,
                  int len)
           throws java.io.IOException
Overrides:
write in class java.io.Writer
Throws:
java.io.IOException

flush

public void flush()
           throws java.io.IOException
Specified by:
flush in interface java.io.Flushable
Specified by:
flush in class java.io.Writer
Throws:
java.io.IOException

close

public void close()
           throws java.io.IOException
Specified by:
close in interface java.io.Closeable
Specified by:
close in class java.io.Writer
Throws:
java.io.IOException