org.apache.log.output.io.rotate

Interface RotateStrategy

All Known Implementing Classes:

OrRotateStrategy, RotateStrategyByDate, RotateStrategyBySize, RotateStrategyByTime, RotateStrategyByTimeOfDay

public interface RotateStrategy

Strategy that checks condition under which file rotation is needed.

Author:

Leo Sutic, Bernhard Huber

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	isRotationNeeded(java.lang.String data, java.io.File file) Check if a log rotation is neccessary at this time.
void	reset() Reset cumulative rotation history data.

Method Detail

reset

void reset()

Reset cumulative rotation history data. Called after rotation.

isRotationNeeded

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

Check if a log rotation is neccessary at this time.

Parameters:

data - the serialized version of the message about to be written to the log system

file - the File that we are writing to

Returns:

boolean return true if log rotation is neccessary, else false