RotationPolicy (OpenDJ Public API Javadoc 7.2.5-20240524201627-49403efab3a3556b93d8ee62f263ca29a7e752ef Documentation)

Type Parameters:

T - The type of rotation policy configuration handled by this retention policy implementation.

All Known Implementing Classes:

FixedTimeRotationPolicy, SizeBasedRotationPolicy, TimeLimitRotationPolicy
```
public interface RotationPolicy<T extends LogRotationPolicyCfg>
```
This interface describes the rotation policy that should be used for the logger. Supported policies include size based and time based.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`initializeLogRotationPolicy(T config)`	Initializes this log rotation policy based on the information in the provided rotation policy configuration.
`boolean`	`rotateFile(RotatableLogFile writer)`	This method indicates if the log file should be rotated or not.

- Method Detail
  - initializeLogRotationPolicy
```
void initializeLogRotationPolicy(T config)
                          throws ConfigException,
                                 InitializationException
```
    Initializes this log rotation policy based on the information in the provided rotation policy configuration.
    
    Parameters:
    
    config - The rotation policy configuration that contains the information to use to initialize this policy.
    
    Throws:
    
    ConfigException - If an unrecoverable problem arises in the process of performing the initialization as a result of the server configuration.
    
    InitializationException - If a problem occurs during initialization that is not related to the server configuration.
  - rotateFile
```
boolean rotateFile(RotatableLogFile writer)
```
    This method indicates if the log file should be rotated or not.
    
    Parameters:
    
    writer - the file writer to be checked.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the log file should be rotated, false otherwise.