in src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/rolling/RollingFileAppender.java [218:338]
public boolean rollover() {
//
// can't roll without a policy
//
if (rollingPolicy != null) {
Exception exception = null;
synchronized (this) {
//
// if a previous async task is still running
//}
if (lastRolloverAsyncAction != null) {
//
// block until complete
//
lastRolloverAsyncAction.close();
//
// or don't block and return to rollover later
//
//if (!lastRolloverAsyncAction.isComplete()) return false;
}
try {
RolloverDescription rollover = rollingPolicy.rollover(getFile());
if (rollover != null) {
if (rollover.getActiveFileName().equals(getFile())) {
closeWriter();
boolean success = true;
if (rollover.getSynchronous() != null) {
success = false;
try {
success = rollover.getSynchronous().execute();
} catch (Exception ex) {
exception = ex;
}
}
if (success) {
if (rollover.getAppend()) {
fileLength = new File(rollover.getActiveFileName()).length();
} else {
fileLength = 0;
}
if (rollover.getAsynchronous() != null) {
lastRolloverAsyncAction = rollover.getAsynchronous();
new Thread(lastRolloverAsyncAction).start();
}
setFile(
rollover.getActiveFileName(), rollover.getAppend(),
bufferedIO, bufferSize);
} else {
setFile(
rollover.getActiveFileName(), true, bufferedIO, bufferSize);
if (exception == null) {
LogLog.warn("Failure in post-close rollover action");
} else {
LogLog.warn(
"Exception in post-close rollover action", exception);
}
}
} else {
Writer newWriter =
createWriter(
createFileOutputStream(
rollover.getActiveFileName(), rollover.getAppend()));
closeWriter();
setFile(rollover.getActiveFileName());
this.qw = createQuietWriter(newWriter);
boolean success = true;
if (rollover.getSynchronous() != null) {
success = false;
try {
success = rollover.getSynchronous().execute();
} catch (Exception ex) {
exception = ex;
}
}
if (success) {
if (rollover.getAppend()) {
fileLength = new File(rollover.getActiveFileName()).length();
} else {
fileLength = 0;
}
if (rollover.getAsynchronous() != null) {
lastRolloverAsyncAction = rollover.getAsynchronous();
new Thread(lastRolloverAsyncAction).start();
}
}
writeHeader();
}
return true;
}
} catch (Exception ex) {
exception = ex;
}
}
if (exception != null) {
LogLog.warn(
"Exception during rollover, rollover deferred.", exception);
}
}
return false;
}