org.apache.log4j.rolling.helper
Class ActionBase

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.log4j.rolling.helper.ActionBase

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Runnable, Action

Direct Known Subclasses:

CompositeAction, FileRenameAction, GZCompressAction, ZipCompressAction

public abstract class ActionBase
extends java.lang.Object
implements Action

Abstract base class for implementations of Action.

Author:

Curt Arnold

Constructor Summary

protected

ActionBase() Constructor.

Method Summary

void	close() Cancels the action if not already initialized or waits till completion.
abstract boolean	execute() Perform action.
boolean	isComplete() Tests if the action is complete.
protected void	reportException(java.lang.Exception ex) Capture exception.
void	run()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ActionBase

protected ActionBase()

Constructor.

Method Detail

execute

public abstract boolean execute()
                         throws java.io.IOException

Perform action.

Specified by:

execute in interface Action

Returns:

true if successful.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if IO error.

run

public void run()

Specified by:

run in interface java.lang.Runnable

close

public void close()

Cancels the action if not already initialized or waits till completion.

Specified by:

close in interface Action

isComplete

public boolean isComplete()

Tests if the action is complete.

Specified by:

isComplete in interface Action

Returns:

true if action is complete.

reportException

protected void reportException(java.lang.Exception ex)

Capture exception.

Parameters:

ex - exception.