class Logging::Appenders::IO

This class provides an Appender that can write to any IO stream configured for writing.

Attributes

close_method[RW]

The method that will be used to close the IO stream. Defaults to :close but can be :close_read, :close_write or nil. When nil, the IO stream will not be closed when the appender’s close method is called.

Public Instance Methods

close( footer = true ) click to toggle source

Close the appender and writes the layout footer to the logging destination if the footer flag is set to true. Log events will no longer be written to the logging destination after the appender is closed.

# File lib/logging/appenders/io.rb, line 51
def close( *args )
  return self if @io.nil?
  super

  io, @io = @io, nil
  unless [STDIN, STDERR, STDOUT].include?(io)
    io.send(@close_method) if @close_method && io.respond_to?(@close_method)
  end
rescue IOError
ensure
  return self
end

Public Class Methods

new( name, io ) click to toggle source
new( name, io, :layout → layout )

Creates a new IO Appender using the given name that will use the io stream as the logging destination.

# File lib/logging/appenders/io.rb, line 30
def initialize( name, io, opts = {} )
  unless io.respond_to? :write
    raise TypeError, "expecting an IO object but got '#{io.class.name}'"
  end

  @io = io
  @io.sync = true if io.respond_to? :sync=
  @close_method = :close

  super(name, opts)
  configure_buffering(opts)
end