RetentionPolicy (OpenDJ Public API Javadoc 7.3.6-20250110160127-4d7ce2eabb43b6613bbdce72e202bec639b5cda2 Documentation)

Type Parameters:

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

All Known Implementing Classes:

FileNumberRetentionPolicy, FreeDiskSpaceRetentionPolicy, SizeBasedRetentionPolicy
```
public interface RetentionPolicy<T extends LogRetentionPolicyCfg>
```
This interface describes the retention policy that should be used for the logger. Supported policies include number of files and disk utilization.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Path[]`	`deleteFiles(org.opends.server.loggers.FileNamingPolicy fileNamingPolicy)`	Returns all files that should be deleted according to the policy.
`void`	`initializeLogRetentionPolicy(T config)`	Initializes this log retention policy based on the information in the provided retention policy configuration.

- Method Detail
  - initializeLogRetentionPolicy
```
void initializeLogRetentionPolicy(T config)
                           throws ConfigException,
                                  InitializationException
```
    Initializes this log retention policy based on the information in the provided retention policy configuration.
    
    Parameters:
    
    config - The retention 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.
  - deleteFiles
```
Path[] deleteFiles(org.opends.server.loggers.FileNamingPolicy fileNamingPolicy)
            throws IOException
```
    Returns all files that should be deleted according to the policy.
    
    Parameters:
    
    fileNamingPolicy - The naming policy used generate the log file names.
    
    Returns:
    
    An array of files that should be deleted according to the policy or null if an error occurred while obtaining the file list.
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - If an error occurs while obtaining a list of files to delete.