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	description: "Logging appender that writes to standard a file that is rolled when it receives a message via a socket."
	project: "Project Goanna <http://sourceforge.net/projects/goanna>"
	library: "log4e"
	date: "$Date$"
	revision: "$Revision$"
	author: "Glenn Maughan <glennmaughan@goanna.info>"
	copyright: "Copyright (c) 2002 Glenn Maughan"
	license: "Eiffel Forum License v1 (see forum.txt)."

class interface
	L4E_EXTERNALLY_ROLLED_FILE_APPENDER

create 
	make

feature -- Initialisation

	make (new_name: STRING; port, number_of_backups: INTEGER; appending: BOOLEAN)
			-- Create a new file appender on the file
			-- with 'new_name'. Roll the log over when the message "RollOver" is received on
			-- a socket listening on 'port'. Keep a maximum of 'number_of_backups' backup files.
			-- Append to an existing log file if 'appending'.
		require
			name_exists: new_name /= void
			name_not_empty: not new_name.is_empty
			sensible_port: port >= 1
			positive_number_of_backups: number_of_backups >= 0
		ensure
			log_file_open: stream.is_open_write
	
feature -- Basic Operations

	do_append (event: L4E_EVENT)
			-- Log event on this appender.

	close
			-- Release any resources for this appender.
	
end -- class L4E_EXTERNALLY_ROLLED_FILE_APPENDER


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