org.apache.juli
Class FileHandler

java.lang.Object
  java.util.logging.Handler
      org.apache.juli.FileHandler

Direct Known Subclasses:

AsyncFileHandler

public class FileHandler
extends Handler

Implementation of Handler that appends log messages to a file named {prefix}.{date}.{suffix} in a configured directory, with an optional preceding timestamp.

Version:

$Id: FileHandler.java 939311 2010-04-29 14:01:02Z kkolinko $

Field Summary

protected ReadWriteLock

writerLock Lock used to control access to the writer.

Constructor Summary

FileHandler()

FileHandler(String directory, String prefix, String suffix)

Method Summary

void	close() Close the currently open log file (if any).
protected void	closeWriter()
void	flush() Flush the writer.
protected void	open() Open the new log file for the date specified by date.
protected void	openWriter()
void	publish(LogRecord record) Format and publish a LogRecord.

Methods inherited from class java.util.logging.Handler

getEncoding, getErrorManager, getFilter, getFormatter, getLevel, isLoggable, reportError, setEncoding, setErrorManager, setFilter, setFormatter, setLevel

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

writerLock

protected ReadWriteLock writerLock

Lock used to control access to the writer.

Constructor Detail

FileHandler

public FileHandler()

FileHandler

public FileHandler(String directory,
                   String prefix,
                   String suffix)

Method Detail

publish

public void publish(LogRecord record)

Format and publish a LogRecord.

Specified by:

publish in class Handler

Parameters:

record - description of the log event

close

public void close()

Close the currently open log file (if any).

Specified by:

close in class Handler

closeWriter

protected void closeWriter()

flush

public void flush()

Flush the writer.

Specified by:

flush in class Handler

open

protected void open()

Open the new log file for the date specified by date.

openWriter

protected void openWriter()