org.apache.jackrabbit.core.journal
Class RotatingLogFile

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.jackrabbit.core.journal.RotatingLogFile

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable<RotatingLogFile>

public class RotatingLogFile
extends Object
implements Comparable<RotatingLogFile>

Represents a log file that can be rotated.

Method Summary

int	compareTo(RotatingLogFile o) Compares this log file to another file.
File	getFile() Return the backing file.
static RotatingLogFile[]	listFiles(File directory, String basename) List all log files inside some directory.
void	rotate() Rotate this file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getFile

public File getFile()

Return the backing file.

rotate

public void rotate()

Rotate this file.

compareTo

public int compareTo(RotatingLogFile o)

Compares this log file to another file. It will return a negative number if this log file has a smaller version, a positive number if this log file a bigger version and 0 if they have the same version.

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable<RotatingLogFile>

listFiles

public static RotatingLogFile[] listFiles(File directory,
                                          String basename)

List all log files inside some directory. The list returned is guaranteed to be in descending order, i.e. it is safe to rotate every file in turn without accidentally overwriting another one.

Parameters:

directory - parent directory

basename - basename expected

Returns:

array of log files found