Package com.enterprisedt.util.debug

Class FileAppender

java.lang.Object

com.enterprisedt.util.debug.FileAppender

All Implemented Interfaces:

Appender

Direct Known Subclasses:

RollingFileAppender

public class FileAppender
extends Object
implements Appender

Appends log statements to a file

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

Bruce Blackshaw

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected boolean	closed	True if closed
static final String	cvsId	Revision control id
protected PrintWriter	log	Destination

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
FileAppender(String file)	Constructor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	close()	Close this appender
String	getFile()	Returns the path of the logging file.
void	log(String msg)	Log a message
void	log(Throwable t)	Log a stack trace
protected void	open()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Details

cvsId

public static final String cvsId

Revision control id

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

log

protected PrintWriter log

Destination

closed

protected boolean closed

True if closed

Constructor Details

FileAppender

public FileAppender(String file)
             throws IOException

Constructor

Parameters:

file - file to log to

Throws:

IOException

Method Details

open

protected void open()
             throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

log

public void log(String msg)

Log a message

Specified by:

log in interface Appender

Parameters:

msg - message to log

log

public void log(Throwable t)

Description copied from interface: Appender

Log a stack trace

Specified by:

log in interface Appender

Parameters:

t - throwable object

close

public void close()

Description copied from interface: Appender

Close this appender

Specified by:

close in interface Appender

getFile

public String getFile()

Returns the path of the logging file.

Returns:

the path of the logging file.