com.atlassian.jira.util.log

Class JiraLogLocator

java.lang.Object

com.atlassian.jira.util.log.JiraLogLocator

public class JiraLogLocator
extends Object

Utility class to find the location of JIRA's log file. We try to locate the log file using:

1. The file configured in the main appender. This is the best way and should work.
2. The log file in the JIRA home directory (log/atlassian-jira.log).
3. The atlassian-jira.log in the

It may be possible to have multiple JIRA log files sitting on the file system.

Since:

v4.1

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	AJL_FILE_NAME The name of the log file.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
JiraLogLocator(JiraHome home)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Collection<File>	findAllJiraLogFiles() Return a collection of all JIRA log files.
File	findJiraLogFile() Return the main JIRA log file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

AJL_FILE_NAME

public static final String AJL_FILE_NAME

The name of the log file.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

JiraLogLocator

public JiraLogLocator(JiraHome home)

Method Detail

findJiraLogFile

public File findJiraLogFile()

Return the main JIRA log file.

Returns:

the main JIRA log file. Can be null if it was not possible to find the log file.

findAllJiraLogFiles

@Nonnull
public Collection<File> findAllJiraLogFiles()

Return a collection of all JIRA log files. JIRA may have multiple log files sitting around. All the returned files exist and can be read by JIRA.

Returns:

A collection of all JIRA log files. The returned collection is ordered such that the current log file comes first.