net.lucidviews.util.log4j
Class FreshRollingFileAppender

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton
      org.apache.log4j.WriterAppender
          org.apache.log4j.FileAppender
              org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
                  net.lucidviews.util.log4j.FreshRollingFileAppender

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.apache.log4j.Appender, org.apache.log4j.spi.OptionHandler

public class FreshRollingFileAppender
extends org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender

FreshRollingFileAppender extends RollingFileAppender inheriting and retaining all the standard file backup functionality while ensuring a fresh log file is created each time the application is started.

Since:

1.0

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $

Author:

Stephen Battey

See Also:

RollingFileAppender

Field Summary

private boolean	firstLoggingEvent Flag set just until the first logging event occurs.
protected boolean	freshLogAtStartup Flag indicating if a new log file should be created for this instance of the application.

Fields inherited from class org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender

maxBackupIndex, maxFileSize

Fields inherited from class org.apache.log4j.FileAppender

bufferedIO, bufferSize, fileAppend, fileName

Fields inherited from class org.apache.log4j.WriterAppender

encoding, immediateFlush, qw

Fields inherited from class org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton

closed, errorHandler, headFilter, layout, name, tailFilter, threshold

Constructor Summary

FreshRollingFileAppender()
The default constructor.

Method Summary

boolean	isFreshLogAtStartup() Check if this appender has created a fresh log file when the application started.
void	setFreshLogAtStartup(boolean freshLogAtStartup) Tell this appender whether to create a fresh log file when the application starts.
protected void	subAppend(org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent event)

Methods inherited from class org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender

getMaxBackupIndex, getMaximumFileSize, rollOver, setFile, setMaxBackupIndex, setMaxFileSize, setMaximumFileSize, setQWForFiles

Methods inherited from class org.apache.log4j.FileAppender

activateOptions, closeFile, getAppend, getBufferedIO, getBufferSize, getFile, reset, setAppend, setBufferedIO, setBufferSize, setFile

Methods inherited from class org.apache.log4j.WriterAppender

append, checkEntryConditions, close, closeWriter, createWriter, getEncoding, getImmediateFlush, requiresLayout, setEncoding, setErrorHandler, setImmediateFlush, setWriter, writeFooter, writeHeader

Methods inherited from class org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton

addFilter, clearFilters, doAppend, finalize, getErrorHandler, getFilter, getFirstFilter, getLayout, getName, getThreshold, isAsSevereAsThreshold, setLayout, setName, setThreshold

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

freshLogAtStartup

protected boolean freshLogAtStartup

Flag indicating if a new log file should be created for this instance of the application.

firstLoggingEvent

private boolean firstLoggingEvent

Flag set just until the first logging event occurs.

Constructor Detail

FreshRollingFileAppender

public FreshRollingFileAppender()

The default constructor.

Method Detail

subAppend

protected void subAppend(org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent event)

Overrides:

subAppend in class org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender

isFreshLogAtStartup

public boolean isFreshLogAtStartup()

Check if this appender has created a fresh log file when the application started.

Returns:

true if a new log file was created at startup

setFreshLogAtStartup

public void setFreshLogAtStartup(boolean freshLogAtStartup)

Tell this appender whether to create a fresh log file when the application starts.

Parameters:

freshLogAtStartup - true if a new log file should be created at startup