/* ============================================================================== This file is part of the JUCE library - "Jules' Utility Class Extensions" Copyright 2004-11 by Raw Material Software Ltd. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ JUCE can be redistributed and/or modified under the terms of the GNU General Public License (Version 2), as published by the Free Software Foundation. A copy of the license is included in the JUCE distribution, or can be found online at www.gnu.org/licenses. JUCE is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To release a closed-source product which uses JUCE, commercial licenses are available: visit www.rawmaterialsoftware.com/juce for more information. ============================================================================== */ #ifndef __JUCE_FILELOGGER_JUCEHEADER__ #define __JUCE_FILELOGGER_JUCEHEADER__ #include "juce_Logger.h" #include "../files/juce_File.h" #include "../memory/juce_ScopedPointer.h" //============================================================================== /** A simple implemenation of a Logger that writes to a file. @see Logger */ class JUCE_API FileLogger : public Logger { public: //============================================================================== /** Creates a FileLogger for a given file. @param fileToWriteTo the file that to use - new messages will be appended to the file. If the file doesn't exist, it will be created, along with any parent directories that are needed. @param welcomeMessage when opened, the logger will write a header to the log, along with the current date and time, and this welcome message @param maxInitialFileSizeBytes if this is zero or greater, then if the file already exists but is larger than this number of bytes, then the start of the file will be truncated to keep the size down. This prevents a log file getting ridiculously large over time. The file will be truncated at a new-line boundary. If this value is less than zero, no size limit will be imposed; if it's zero, the file will always be deleted. Note that the size is only checked once when this object is created - any logging that is done later will be appended without any checking */ FileLogger (const File& fileToWriteTo, const String& welcomeMessage, const int maxInitialFileSizeBytes = 128 * 1024); /** Destructor. */ ~FileLogger(); //============================================================================== void logMessage (const String& message); File getLogFile() const { return logFile; } //============================================================================== /** Helper function to create a log file in the correct place for this platform. On Windows this will return a logger with a path such as: c:\\Documents and Settings\\username\\Application Data\\[logFileSubDirectoryName]\\[logFileName] On the Mac it'll create something like: ~/Library/Logs/[logFileName] The method might return 0 if the file can't be created for some reason. @param logFileSubDirectoryName if a subdirectory is needed, this is what it will be called - it's best to use the something like the name of your application here. @param logFileName the name of the file to create, e.g. "MyAppLog.txt". Don't just call it "log.txt" because if it goes in a directory with logs from other applications (as it will do on the Mac) then no-one will know which one is yours! @param welcomeMessage a message that will be written to the log when it's opened. @param maxInitialFileSizeBytes (see the FileLogger constructor for more info on this) */ static FileLogger* createDefaultAppLogger (const String& logFileSubDirectoryName, const String& logFileName, const String& welcomeMessage, const int maxInitialFileSizeBytes = 128 * 1024); private: //============================================================================== File logFile; CriticalSection logLock; void trimFileSize (int maxFileSizeBytes) const; JUCE_DECLARE_NON_COPYABLE_WITH_LEAK_DETECTOR (FileLogger); }; #endif // __JUCE_FILELOGGER_JUCEHEADER__