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package org.apache.log4j.helpers;

import java.io.Writer;
import java.io.FilterWriter;
import org.apache.log4j.spi.ErrorHandler;
import org.apache.log4j.spi.ErrorCode;


/**
   QuietWriter does not throw exceptions when things go
   wrong. Instead, it delegates error handling to its {@link ErrorHandler}. 

   @author Ceki G&uuml;lc&uuml;

   @since 0.7.3
*/
public class QuietWriter extends FilterWriter {

  protected ErrorHandler errorHandler;

  public
  QuietWriter(Writer writer, ErrorHandler errorHandler) {
    super(writer);
    setErrorHandler(errorHandler);
  }

  public
  void write(String string) {
    if (string != null) {
    	try {
      		out.write(string);
    	} catch(Exception e) {
      		errorHandler.error("Failed to write ["+string+"].", e, 
			 	ErrorCode.WRITE_FAILURE);
	    }
    }
  }

  public
  void flush() {
    try {
      out.flush();
    } catch(Exception e) {
      errorHandler.error("Failed to flush writer,", e, 
			 ErrorCode.FLUSH_FAILURE);
    }	
  }


  public
  void setErrorHandler(ErrorHandler eh) {
    if(eh == null) {
      // This is a programming error on the part of the enclosing appender.
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Attempted to set null ErrorHandler.");
    } else { 
      this.errorHandler = eh;
    }
  }
}
