org.apache.log.output.io.rotate
Class RotateStrategyByDate

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.log.output.io.rotate.RotateStrategyByDate

All Implemented Interfaces:

RotateStrategy

public class RotateStrategyByDate

extends java.lang.Object

implements RotateStrategy

Rotation stragety based on SimpleDateFormat.

Version:

$Id: RotateStrategyByDate.java 30977 2004-07-30 08:57:54Z niclas $

Author:

Avalon Development Team, Eung-ju Park

Constructor Summary

RotateStrategyByDate()
Creation of a new rotation strategy based on a date policy.

RotateStrategyByDate(java.lang.String pattern)
Creation of a new rotation strategy based on a date policy using a supplied pattern.

Method Summary

boolean	isRotationNeeded(java.lang.String data, java.io.File file) Test is a rotation is required.
void	reset() Reset the strategy.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RotateStrategyByDate

public RotateStrategyByDate()

Creation of a new rotation strategy based on a date policy.

RotateStrategyByDate

public RotateStrategyByDate(java.lang.String pattern)

Creation of a new rotation strategy based on a date policy using a supplied pattern.

Parameters:

pattern - the message formatting pattern

Method Detail

reset

public void reset()

Reset the strategy.

Specified by:

reset in interface RotateStrategy

isRotationNeeded

public boolean isRotationNeeded(java.lang.String data,
                                java.io.File file)

Test is a rotation is required. Documentation pending ??

Specified by:

isRotationNeeded in interface RotateStrategy

Parameters:

data - not used

file - not used

Returns:

TRUE if a rotation is required else FALSE