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/**
 * Copyright (c) 2000-2007, Shakarchi Asaf
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 */
package velo.patterns;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.logging.FileHandler;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter;

import org.apache.commons.configuration.Configuration;

import velo.common.SysConf;

/**
 * Factory a logger for velo components
 * Usually create a logger that logs to files
 * @author Asaf Shakarchi
 *
 */
public class FactoryLogger {

    /**
     * A system configuration object 
     */
    public static Configuration sysConf = SysConf.getSysConf();
    private static String logDir = sysConf.getString("system.directory.log_dir");

    /**
     * Factory a logger by a log file name
     * @param logName The log file name to factory a logger object for
     * @return A logger object for the specified log file name
     */
    public static Logger loggerFactory(String logName) {
        Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(logName);
        //Create a new handler that uses the simple formatter
        try {
            FileHandler fh = new FileHandler(getLogDir() + logName + ".txt");
            fh.setFormatter(new SimpleFormatter());
            logger.addHandler(fh);
        } catch (IOException e) {
        }

        return logger;
    }

    /**
     * Set the log dir to the class
     * @param logDir The logDir to set.
     */
    public static void setLogDir(String logDir) {
        //logDir = logDir;
    }

    /**
     * Get the log dir from the class
     * @return Returns the logDir.
     */
    public static String getLogDir() {
        return logDir;
    }
}