org.jalore
Interface LogReader

All Known Implementing Classes:

Log4JFileReader, Log4JReader, MultiLogReader, RegexpLogReader

public interface LogReader

Interface for reading messages from a log.

Author:

Nicolas Dutertry

Method Summary

boolean	hasMoreMessages() Tests if this reader contains more log messages.
LogMessage	nextMessage() Returns the next log message of this reader or null if no more message is available.

Method Detail

hasMoreMessages

boolean hasMoreMessages()

Tests if this reader contains more log messages.

Returns:

true if and only if this reader contains at least one more log message to provide; false otherwise.

nextMessage

LogMessage nextMessage()
                       throws java.io.IOException

Returns the next log message of this reader or null if no more message is available.

Returns:

the next log message

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an error occurred while reading the next message