SafeFileTarget

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java.lang.Object
- org.apache.log.output.AbstractTarget
- - org.apache.log.output.AbstractOutputTarget
  - - org.apache.log.output.io.StreamTarget
    - - org.apache.log.output.io.FileTarget
      - org.apache.log.output.io.SafeFileTarget

All Implemented Interfaces:

ErrorAware, LogTarget, Closeable
```
public class SafeFileTarget
extends FileTarget
```
A target that will open and close a file for each logevent. This is slow but a more reliable form of logging on some filesystems/OSes. It should only be used when there is a small number of log events.

Author:

Peter Donald

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`SafeFileTarget(java.io.File file, boolean append, Formatter formatter)`	Construct file target to write to a file with a formatter.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type Method Description

void processEvent(LogEvent event)
Process a log event, via formatting and outputting it.
- Methods inherited from class org.apache.log.output.AbstractOutputTarget
  doProcessEvent, getFormatter, open
- Methods inherited from class org.apache.log.output.AbstractTarget
  getErrorHandler, isOpen, setErrorHandler
- Methods inherited from class org.apache.log.output.io.FileTarget
  getFile, openFile, setFile
- Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
  clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
- Methods inherited from class org.apache.log.output.io.StreamTarget
  close, setOutputStream, shutdownStream, write

- Constructor Detail
  - SafeFileTarget
```
public SafeFileTarget(java.io.File file,
                      boolean append,
                      Formatter formatter)
               throws java.io.IOException
```
    Construct file target to write to a file with a formatter.
    
    Parameters:
    
    file - the file to write to
    
    append - true if file is to be appended to, false otherwise
    
    formatter - the Formatter
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if an error occurs
- Method Detail
  - processEvent
```
public void processEvent(LogEvent event)
```
    Process a log event, via formatting and outputting it.
    
    Specified by:
    
    processEvent in interface LogTarget
    
    Overrides:
    
    processEvent in class AbstractTarget
    
    Parameters:
    
    event - the log event

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