Class logger

public class logger

extends Object

Will cause all major commands (@connect, @login, @join, @joinnew,

d

Stores current time and data.

data

Sets up a PrintStream so we can just print the data without playing with bytes.

debug

Stores the current debug state.

file

The File we are outputting to.

PATH

path to data directory

logger(boolean, gnsd)

Creates and instance of the logger class.

logger(boolean, gnsd, String)

Creates and instance of the logger class.

debug()

Allows any class with a instance of logger to determing if we are in a debug state.

print(String)

Prints the given message to the log.

setup(String)

Opens a copy of the file and keeps it open.

 String PATH

path to data directory

 Date d

Stores current time and data. This is used to timestamp each even with time_t (seconds since ephoc Jan 1, 1970, 12:00am).

 FileOutputStream file

The File we are outputting to.

 PrintStream data

Sets up a PrintStream so we can just print the data without playing with bytes.

 boolean debug

Stores the current debug state.

 public logger(boolean d,
               gnsd s,
               String name)

Creates and instance of the logger class. All needed information is passed into via this constructor.

Parameters:

d - are we in dubug mode?

s - Instance of the server so we can get runtime info.

name - name of the output file.

See Also:

setup

 public logger(boolean d,
               gnsd s)

Creates and instance of the logger class. All needed information is passed into via this constructor. This is just like the other constructor, but is assumes a file name of "access_log".

Parameters:

d - are we in dubug mode?

s - Instance of the server so we can get runtime info.

See Also:

logger, setup

 public void print(String msg)

Prints the given message to the log. All data is timestamped via time_t. If we are in a dubug mode, it will also echo to the screen.

Parameters:

msg - the message to print.

 public boolean debug()

Allows any class with a instance of logger to determing if we are in a debug state.

Returns:

true if we are debugging, false otherwise.

 private void setup(String name)

Opens a copy of the file and keeps it open. This is just like any other server. The file is open at start-up and is kept open until the server is shut down.

Parameters:

name - file name to save the log in.