StreamGobbler.java

/*
Copyright (C) 2004  Federico Abascal

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
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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*/
package es.uvigo.darwin.prottest.exe;

import es.uvigo.darwin.prottest.util.logging.ProtTestLogger;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;

/**
 * Allows the asynchronous logging of an input stream.
 * 
 * @author Federico Abascal
 */
public abstract class StreamGobbler extends Thread {

    protected InputStreamReader isr;
    protected String type;
    protected boolean printIt;
    protected Class caller;

    /**
     * Instantiates a new StreamGobbler
     * 
     * @param isr the input stream reader to evaluate
     * @param type the prefix of the output lines
     * @param printIt true, if the errors should be logged
     * @param caller the caller
     */
    public StreamGobbler(InputStreamReader isr, String type, boolean printIt, Class caller) {
        this.isr = isr;
        this.type = type;
        this.printIt = printIt;
        this.caller = caller;
    }

}