Methods


-checkFilestatus
Internal method used to open/create files or to look for log rotation
-closeAndMoveFile
Internal method used to close and move the current logging file
-createBackupFilename
Internal method used create a non-existing backup file name
-openFile
Internal method used to open or create and open a file if necessary
-setBackupFilenameSuffix:
Specifies the suffix which is used when renaming the logging file due to rotation. By default "%Y%m%d%H%M%S" ECFileLoggingWriter_DEFAULT_BACKUSUFFIX is used.
-setBaseFilename:
speficies the fully qualified name for the logging file
-setEncoding:
Specifies the encoding for the logging file. By default the encoding NSASCIIStringEncoding is being used. Refer to the documentation of NSString for further information about encodings
-setLogBackzpFilename
Specifies the suffix which is used when renaming the logging file due to rotation. By default "%Y%m%d%H%M%S" ECFileLoggingWriter_DEFAULT_BACKUSUFFIX is used.
-setMaxFilesize:
Specifies the maximum number of bytes per logging file
-writeLog:
called in order to write the given string somewhere on mother earth

checkFilestatus


Internal method used to open/create files or to look for log rotation

- checkFilestatus;
method result
self

closeAndMoveFile


Internal method used to close and move the current logging file

- closeAndMoveFile;
method result
self

createBackupFilename


Internal method used create a non-existing backup file name

- (NSString *) createBackupFilename;
method result
non-existing backup file name

openFile


Internal method used to open or create and open a file if necessary

- openFile;
method result
self

setBackupFilenameSuffix:


Specifies the suffix which is used when renaming the logging file due to rotation. By default "%Y%m%d%H%M%S" ECFileLoggingWriter_DEFAULT_BACKUSUFFIX is used.

See Also:
setLogBackzpFilename
- setBackupFilenameSuffix: (NSString *) aBackupFilename;
Parameter Descriptions
aBackupFilename
may contain date formatting specifiers. Internally this string is passed to [NSDate descriptionWithCalendarFormat::]

setBaseFilename:


speficies the fully qualified name for the logging file

- setBaseFilename: (NSString *) aBaseFilename;
Parameter Descriptions
aBaseFilename
fully qualified name for the logging file
method result
self

setEncoding:


Specifies the encoding for the logging file. By default the encoding NSASCIIStringEncoding is being used. Refer to the documentation of NSString for further information about encodings

- setEncoding: (NSStringEncoding) anEncoding;
method result
self

setLogBackzpFilename


Specifies the suffix which is used when renaming the logging file due to rotation. By default "%Y%m%d%H%M%S" ECFileLoggingWriter_DEFAULT_BACKUSUFFIX is used.

See Also:
setBackupFilenameSuffix:
- setBackupFilenameSuffix: (NSString *) aBackupFilename;
Parameter Descriptions
aBackupFilename
may contain date formatting specifiers. Internally this string is passed to [NSDate descriptionWithCalendarFormat::]
method result
self

setMaxFilesize:


Specifies the maximum number of bytes per logging file

- setMaxFilesize: (unsigned int) nrBytes;
Parameter Descriptions
nrBytes
the file writer will create the next file after have been written more then nrBytes.
method result
self
Discussion

By default a maximum size of 4KB (ECFileLoggingWriter_DEFAULT_MAXFILESIZE) is assumed.


writeLog:


called in order to write the given string somewhere on mother earth

- writeLog: (NSString *) logEntry;
method result
self

(Last Updated November 08, 2007)