kiwi.util
Class FileLoggingEndpoint

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--kiwi.util.FileLoggingEndpoint

public class FileLoggingEndpoint
extends Object
implements LoggingEndpoint

An implementation of LoggingEndpoint for ordinary files.

Version:
1.0 (05/98)
Author:
Mark Lindner, PING Software Group

Constructor Summary
FileLoggingEndpoint(String filename)
          Construct a new FileLoggingEndpoint.
 
Method Summary
 void close()
          Close the log file.
 void logMessage(int type, String message)
          Write a message to the log file.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

FileLoggingEndpoint

public FileLoggingEndpoint(String filename)
                    throws IOException
Construct a new FileLoggingEndpoint.
Parameters:
filename - The name of the file to which log messages will be written.
Throws:
IOException - If the file could not be opened for writing.
Method Detail

logMessage

public void logMessage(int type,
                       String message)
Write a message to the log file.
Specified by:
logMessage in interface LoggingEndpoint
Parameters:
type - The message type; one of the static constants defined in LoggingEndpoint.
message - The message to be written.

close

public void close()
Close the log file. Once the file is closed, this logging endpoint can no longer be used.
Specified by:
close in interface LoggingEndpoint