RotateStrategyByTime

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.log.output.io.rotate.RotateStrategyByTime

All Implemented Interfaces:

RotateStrategy
```
public class RotateStrategyByTime
extends java.lang.Object
implements RotateStrategy
```
rotation stragety based when log writting started.

Author:

Bernhard Huber

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

private long m_currentRotation

private long m_startingTime

private long m_timeInterval

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

RotateStrategyByTime()
Rotate logs by time.

RotateStrategyByTime(long timeInterval)
Rotate logs by time.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`isRotationNeeded(java.lang.String data, java.io.File file)`	Check if now a log rotation is neccessary.
`void`	`reset()`	reset interval history counters.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - m_timeInterval
```
private long m_timeInterval
```
  - m_startingTime
```
private long m_startingTime
```
  - m_currentRotation
```
private long m_currentRotation
```
- Constructor Detail
  - RotateStrategyByTime
```
public RotateStrategyByTime()
```
    Rotate logs by time. By default do log rotation every 24 hours
  - RotateStrategyByTime
```
public RotateStrategyByTime(long timeInterval)
```
    Rotate logs by time.
    
    Parameters:
    
    timeInterval - rotate before time-interval [ms] has expired
- Method Detail
  - reset
```
public void reset()
```
    reset interval history counters.
    
    Specified by:
    
    reset in interface RotateStrategy
  - isRotationNeeded
```
public boolean isRotationNeeded(java.lang.String data,
                                java.io.File file)
```
    Check if now a log rotation is neccessary. If (current_time - m_startingTime) / m_timeInterval > m_currentRotation rotation is needed.
    
    Specified by:
    
    isRotationNeeded in interface RotateStrategy
    
    Parameters:
    
    data - the last message written to the log system
    
    file - not used
    
    Returns:
    
    boolean return true if log rotation is neccessary, else false