package freemind.main;

import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

/**
 * An OutputStream that writes contents to a Logger upon each call to flush()
 * 
 * See http://blogs.sun.com/nickstephen/entry/java_redirecting_system_out_and
 */
class LoggingOutputStream extends ByteArrayOutputStream {

	private String lineSeparator;

	private Logger logger;
	private Level level;

	/**
	 * Constructor
	 * 
	 * @param logger
	 *            Logger to write to
	 * @param level
	 *            Level at which to write the log message
	 */
	public LoggingOutputStream(Logger logger, Level level) {
		super();
		this.logger = logger;
		this.level = level;
		lineSeparator = System.getProperty("line.separator");
	}

	/**
	 * upon flush() write the existing contents of the OutputStream to the
	 * logger as a log record.
	 * 
	 * @throws java.io.IOException
	 *             in case of error
	 */
	public void flush() throws IOException {

		String record;
		synchronized (this) {
			super.flush();
			record = this.toString();
			super.reset();
		}

		if (record.length() == 0 || record.equals(lineSeparator)) {
			// avoid empty records
			return;
		}

		logger.logp(level, "", "", record);
	}
}