Interface TailerListener

All Known Implementing Classes:

TailerListenerAdapter

public interface TailerListener

Listener for events from a Tailer.

Since:

2.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	fileNotFound()	This method is called if the tailed file is not found.
void	fileRotated()	Called if a file rotation is detected.
void	handle(Exception ex)	Handles an Exception.
void	handle(String line)	Handles a line from a Tailer.
void	init(Tailer tailer)	The tailer will call this method during construction, giving the listener a method of stopping the tailer.

Method Details

fileNotFound

void fileNotFound()

This method is called if the tailed file is not found.

Note: this is called from the tailer thread.

fileRotated

void fileRotated()

Called if a file rotation is detected. This method is called before the file is reopened, and fileNotFound may be called if the new file has not yet been created.

Note: this is called from the tailer thread.

handle

void handle(Exception ex)

Handles an Exception.

Note: this is called from the tailer thread.

Parameters:

ex - the exception.

handle

void handle(String line)

Handles a line from a Tailer.

Note: this is called from the tailer thread.

Parameters:

line - the line.

init

void init(Tailer tailer)

The tailer will call this method during construction, giving the listener a method of stopping the tailer.

Parameters:

tailer - the tailer.