vanetsim
Class ErrorLog

java.lang.Object
  vanetsim.ErrorLog

public final class ErrorLog
extends java.lang.Object

Helper Class for error logging.

Constructor Summary

ErrorLog()

Method Summary

static void	deleteOld(long loggerTrashtime, java.lang.String loggerDir) Deletes old logfiles (uses file modification time to determine which files are old)
static void	log(java.lang.String message, int severity, java.lang.String errClass, java.lang.String errMethod, java.lang.Exception e) Logs an error.
static void	setParameters(int level, java.lang.String dir, java.lang.String format) Sets the parameters for the static class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ErrorLog

public ErrorLog()

Method Detail

setParameters

public static void setParameters(int level,
                                 java.lang.String dir,
                                 java.lang.String format)

Sets the parameters for the static class.

Parameters:

level - the minimum level for error messages. If the severity of an error is lower than this value, nothing is logged.

dir - the directory where the error log files are located

format - the format of the log files (txt or xml)

log

public static void log(java.lang.String message,
                       int severity,
                       java.lang.String errClass,
                       java.lang.String errMethod,
                       java.lang.Exception e)

Logs an error.

Parameters:

message - error message

severity - error severity in scale of 1-7. A higher value stands for a more severe error (Finest, Finer, Fine, Config, Info, Warning, Severe)

errClass - class where the error occured

errMethod - method in which the error occured

e - the exception (use null if you don't have one)

deleteOld

public static void deleteOld(long loggerTrashtime,
                             java.lang.String loggerDir)

Deletes old logfiles (uses file modification time to determine which files are old)

Parameters:

loggerTrashtime - maximum age (in days) for a log file. Older files are deleted.

loggerDir - directory where to delete files