com.isti.util
Class TimestampOutputStream

java.lang.Object
  java.io.OutputStream
      java.io.FilterOutputStream
          com.isti.util.TimestampOutputStream

public class TimestampOutputStream

extends java.io.FilterOutputStream

Class TimestampOutputStream is an output stream filter that adds a timestamp of the current time in front of each line.

Field Summary

protected java.text.DateFormat	dateFormatObj
protected static char	NEWLINE_CHAR
protected boolean	newlineFlag

Fields inherited from class java.io.FilterOutputStream

out

Constructor Summary

TimestampOutputStream(java.io.OutputStream streamObj)
Creates a timestamp output stream.

TimestampOutputStream(java.io.OutputStream streamObj, java.lang.String dateFormatStr)
Creates a timestamp output stream.

Method Summary

void	setDateFormatPattern(java.lang.String patternStr) Sets the pattern string used to generate the timestamps.
void	setDateFormatTimeZone(java.util.TimeZone timeZoneObj) Sets the time zone used for the timestamps.
void	write(byte[] data) Writes the given data array.
void	write(byte[] data, int start, int len) Writes the given section of the given array.
void	write(int ch) Writes a character.
void	writeTimestamp() Writes a timestamp and ": " separator to the output stream.

Methods inherited from class java.io.FilterOutputStream

close, flush

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

NEWLINE_CHAR

protected static final char NEWLINE_CHAR

See Also:

Constant Field Values

newlineFlag

protected boolean newlineFlag

dateFormatObj

protected final java.text.DateFormat dateFormatObj

Constructor Detail

TimestampOutputStream

public TimestampOutputStream(java.io.OutputStream streamObj,
                             java.lang.String dateFormatStr)

Creates a timestamp output stream.

Parameters:

streamObj - the output stream to use.

dateFormatStr - the date/time format to use, or null to use the default "MMM dd yyyy HH:mm:ss" format.

TimestampOutputStream

public TimestampOutputStream(java.io.OutputStream streamObj)

Creates a timestamp output stream. Uses the default "MMM dd yyyy HH:mm:ss" format.

Parameters:

streamObj - the output stream to use.

Method Detail

setDateFormatPattern

public void setDateFormatPattern(java.lang.String patternStr)

Sets the pattern string used to generate the timestamps. See the Java help reference for 'SimpleDateFormat' for details on the characters used in the pattern string.

Parameters:

patternStr - the pattern string to apply.

setDateFormatTimeZone

public void setDateFormatTimeZone(java.util.TimeZone timeZoneObj)

Sets the time zone used for the timestamps.

Parameters:

timeZoneObj - the time zone to use.

write

public void write(int ch)
           throws java.io.IOException

Writes a character.

Parameters:

ch - character

Throws:

java.io.IOException

write

public void write(byte[] data)
           throws java.io.IOException

Writes the given data array.

Parameters:

data - data array

Throws:

java.io.IOException

write

public void write(byte[] data,
                  int start,
                  int len)
           throws java.io.IOException

Writes the given section of the given array.

Parameters:

data - data array

start - start index

len - length

Throws:

java.io.IOException

writeTimestamp

public void writeTimestamp()
                    throws java.io.IOException

Writes a timestamp and ": " separator to the output stream.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.