toolbus.logging
Class FileLogger

java.lang.Object
  toolbus.logging.FileLogger

All Implemented Interfaces:

ILogger

public class FileLogger
extends java.lang.Object
implements ILogger

Logger implementation that writes to a file.

Author:

Arnold Lankamp

Field Summary

private static java.lang.String	endLineCharacter
private int	level
private boolean	timestamp
private java.io.PrintWriter	writer

Fields inherited from interface toolbus.logging.ILogger

ALL, DEBUG, DEBUGSTR, ERROR, ERRORSTR, FATAL, FATALSTR, INFO, INFOSTR, LOG, LOGSTR, OFF, UNKNOWNSTR, WARNING, WARNINGSTR

Constructor Summary

FileLogger()
Default constructor.

FileLogger(int level)
Constructor.

Method Summary

void	finalize() Closes this logger.
void	log(java.lang.String message, int loglevel) Logs the given message (but only if the message is 'important' enough).
void	log(java.lang.String message, java.lang.Throwable throwable, int loglevel) Logs the given message, including the given stacktrace (but only if the message is 'important' enough).
void	setTimestamp(boolean on) Toggle timestamp printing in messages
private boolean	shouldLog(int loglevel) Method for checking if we should log a message.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

endLineCharacter

private static final java.lang.String endLineCharacter

level

private final int level

writer

private final java.io.PrintWriter writer

timestamp

private boolean timestamp

Constructor Detail

FileLogger

FileLogger()

Default constructor. Inititalizes this logger with the default log level (WARNING).

FileLogger

FileLogger(int level)

Constructor. Initialized this logger with the given log level.

Parameters:

level - The log level to initialize this logger with.

Method Detail

shouldLog

private boolean shouldLog(int loglevel)

Method for checking if we should log a message. This depends on the log level and the given log level.

Parameters:

loglevel - The log level of the message.

Returns:

True if we should log the message with the given log level, false otherwise.

setTimestamp

public void setTimestamp(boolean on)

Description copied from interface: ILogger

Toggle timestamp printing in messages

Specified by:

setTimestamp in interface ILogger

Parameters:

on - Sets timestamp on or off.

log

public void log(java.lang.String message,
                int loglevel)

Description copied from interface: ILogger

Logs the given message (but only if the message is 'important' enough).

Specified by:

log in interface ILogger

Parameters:

message - The message that needs to be logged.

loglevel - The log level of the message.

See Also:

ILogger.log(String, int)

log

public void log(java.lang.String message,
                java.lang.Throwable throwable,
                int loglevel)

Description copied from interface: ILogger

Logs the given message, including the given stacktrace (but only if the message is 'important' enough).

Specified by:

log in interface ILogger

Parameters:

message - The message that needs to be logged.

throwable - The stacktrace associated with the message.

loglevel - The log level of the message.

See Also:

ILogger.log(String, Throwable, int)

finalize

public void finalize()

Closes this logger.

Overrides:

finalize in class java.lang.Object