Convert Stream to String
JavaMail debug info is sent by default to System.out
I want to direct it to a log4j logger instead so I need to get each line of log data as a String that I can use in the Log methods.
I can see on the JavaMail Session class that I can set the Stream that the debug info is written to using:
public void setDebugOut(java.io.PrintStream out)
What I'm unsure about is how to create a PrintStream from which I can capture each line of debug data as a String.
Any help would be appreciated.
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miciuli] at [2007-9-30 20:27:30]
The "string" representation of a stream can only be determined when the stream is closed - ie, when the streaming has finished. I dbout this will happen in your case!
Another alternative is to decide that you generate Strings whenever the stream is flushed or a new line character is received.
You may be best off extending ByteArrayOutputStream so that its flush/close methods send the current contents to Log4J then reset the buffer:
public void flush()
{
logger.debug(toString());
reset();
}
etc.
You should then be able to wrap this up in a PrintStream (setting autoflush to true).
Not ideal as it may generate more log entries than debug events but probably good enough for debug.
Hope this helps.
