edu.washington.cs.rfid.util
Class Logger

java.lang.Object
  edu.washington.cs.rfid.util.Logger

public class Logger
extends java.lang.Object

A generic logging utility. Supports the creation and maintenance of log files.

Author:

Evan

Constructor Summary

Logger(java.lang.String baseName)
Creates a new Logger.

Logger(java.lang.String baseDir, java.lang.String baseName)
Creates a new Logger.

Method Summary

void	log(java.lang.String msg) Logs the given message to the log file.
void	shutdown() Shuts down this logger by flushing and closing the output stream;

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Logger

public Logger(java.lang.String baseDir,
              java.lang.String baseName)

Creates a new Logger. Searches the given base directory for other log files having the same specified base name and creates a new log file with the same base name but a unique (i.e. incrementally numbered) full name.

Parameters:

baseDir - The base directory

baseName - The base filename

Logger

public Logger(java.lang.String baseName)

Creates a new Logger. Searches the default base directory for other log files having the same specified base name and creates a new log file with the same base name but a unique (i.e. incrementally numbered) full name.

Parameters:

baseName - The base filename

Method Detail

shutdown

public void shutdown()

Shuts down this logger by flushing and closing the output stream;

log

public void log(java.lang.String msg)

Logs the given message to the log file.

Parameters:

msg - The message