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Re: Logging problem

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Subject	Re: Logging problem
Date	2012-03-08 15:20 -0800
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On 3/8/2012 2:53 PM, Patricia Shanahan wrote:
> Novice wrote:
> ...
>> I strongly prefer the XML logs because I've got an XSL that formats
>> the XML log for my purposes and makes the log very easy to read. It's
>> worked fine for weeks now - and still does when the last </log> tag is
>> in the file - so I just want to figure out what foolish thing I've
>> done to keep the getTail() method from working.
>
> If you stay with this line, I recommend writing a recovery program that
> can build a valid XML file from an arbitrarily truncated log, not just
> the missing end.

This is a good idea and I was going to suggest it in my post as well, 
then I decided to hear back from the OP first.

I wonder if a relatively primitive parser like SAX could be used for 
this?  It might be immune enough to parsing errors to allow arbitrary 
unclosed tags to be detected and then added to a file.

<http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/javax/xml/parsers/SAXParser.html>

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Logging problem Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-03-08 19:38 +0000
  Re: Logging problem Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-03-08 14:48 -0500
    Re: Logging problem Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-03-08 20:06 +0000
      Re: Logging problem Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-03-08 15:38 -0500
        Re: Logging problem Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2012-03-08 22:02 +0000
      Re: Logging problem Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-03-08 14:53 -0800
        Re: Logging problem markspace <-@.> - 2012-03-08 15:20 -0800
          Re: Logging problem Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-03-08 19:48 -0500
            Re: Logging problem Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-03-08 17:17 -0800
              Re: Logging problem Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-03-08 20:55 -0500
                Re: Logging problem markspace <-@.> - 2012-03-08 18:01 -0800
                Re: Logging problem Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-03-08 21:19 -0500
      Re: Logging problem Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-03-08 20:56 -0500
  Re: Logging problem markspace <-@.> - 2012-03-08 14:18 -0800
    Re: Logging problem Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-03-09 01:53 +0000
      Re: Logging problem Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-03-08 20:59 -0500
      Re: Logging problem Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-03-09 05:36 +0000
        Re: Logging problem Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-03-09 06:27 -0800
        Re: Logging problem Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-03-09 12:31 -0500
          Re: Logging problem Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-03-09 18:57 +0000
            Re: Logging problem Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-03-09 14:26 -0500
        Re: Logging problem Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-03-09 15:59 -0400
          Re: Logging problem Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-03-09 21:32 +0000
            Re: Logging problem Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-03-09 13:56 -0800
              Re: Logging problem Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-03-09 22:57 +0000
                Re: Logging problem Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2012-03-10 14:51 +0000
                Re: Logging problem Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-03-10 13:00 -0400
                Re: Logging problem Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-03-10 10:04 -0800
                Re: Logging problem Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2012-03-10 20:23 +0000
                Re: Logging problem Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-03-10 07:56 -0800
                Re: Logging problem Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-03-10 12:05 -0500
                Re: Logging problem Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-03-10 10:10 -0800
                Re: Logging problem Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-03-12 16:13 -0400
                Re: Logging problem Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-03-10 20:10 +0000
            Re: Logging problem Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-03-09 19:15 -0400
              Re: Logging problem Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-03-10 01:59 +0000

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