sdsu.logging
Class FileLogger

java.lang.Object
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  +--sdsu.logging.LoggerImplementation
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        +--sdsu.logging.SelectiveLogger
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              +--sdsu.logging.FileLogger

public class FileLogger

extends SelectiveLogger

This logger directs all log messages to a file. As a SelectiveLogger, message types can be turned off.

Version:

1.1 18 January 1998

Author:

Roger Whitney (whitney@cs.sdsu.edu)

See Also:

Logger, SelectiveLogger

Method Summary

static LoggerImplementation	register(java.lang.String fileName) Create a FileLogger in append mode on the file indicated and register it with Logger.
static FileLogger	register(java.lang.String fileName, boolean append) Create a FileLogger on the file indicated and register it with Logger.
void	reset() Resets logger.

Methods inherited from class sdsu.logging.SelectiveLogger

debugOff, debugOn, errorOff, errorOn, log, logOff, logOn, messageTypeOff, messageTypeOn, warningOff, warningOn

Methods inherited from class sdsu.logging.LoggerImplementation

register

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

register

public static LoggerImplementation register(java.lang.String fileName)
                                     throws LoggerCreationException

Create a FileLogger in append mode on the file indicated and register it with Logger.

Parameters:

fileName - ".log" will be appended to fileName if it does not already end in ".log" Returns the current active logger. If a logger has previously been set, it will be that logger.

register

public static FileLogger register(java.lang.String fileName,
                                  boolean append)
                           throws LoggerCreationException

Create a FileLogger on the file indicated and register it with Logger.

Parameters:

append - if true open file in append mode, if false overwrite file

fileName - ".log" will be appended to fileName if it does not already end in ".log"

reset

public void reset()

Resets logger. Erases any permanment storage of the log. This is to allow students to reset their log file. Not normally part of a logging system.

Overrides:

reset in class LoggerImplementation