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Re: basic output question

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On 6/30/2015 8:45 AM, e.d.programmer@gmail.com wrote:
> On Monday, June 29, 2015 at 2:40:05 PM UTC-4, Russ P. wrote:
>> Suppose I need a function (or method) for printing some (text-based) information to a file or to standard output. What is the recommended way to do this while minimizing duplication of code? Here's a simplification of what I came up with (in Scala, but using the Java standard library):
>>
>>      def printInformation(out: java.io.PrintStream = System.out) {
>>
>>          // print information here
>>          }
>>
>>      def printInformation(fileName: String) {
>>          printInformation(new java.io.PrintStream(fileName))
>>          }
>>
>> So if I call printInformation with no arguments, the output goes to standard output, but if I give it a filename the output goes to the file. Is this the best way to do it, or is there a simpler/better way? I'd also like to be able to append the output to an existing file as well as create a new file. Thanks.
>
> I never quite got the logging frameworks ie commons logging.

     s/ie/eg/

> You have to deal with someone else's API, [...]

     That's called "component reuse," and most people think of it
as a Good Thing.  In moderation, of course.

> [...] set warning levels, and include an extra jar in the classpath. [...]

     There's also the built-in java.util.logging package, assuming you're
using a post-2002 Java version.

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basic output question "Russ P." <russ.paielli@gmail.com> - 2015-06-29 11:39 -0700
  Re: basic output question Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-06-29 14:53 -0400
  Re: basic output question Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-06-29 15:32 -0400
  Re: basic output question e.d.programmer@gmail.com - 2015-06-30 05:45 -0700
    Re: basic output question Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-06-30 09:05 -0400
      Re: basic output question e.d.programmer@gmail.com - 2015-06-30 11:28 -0700
        Re: basic output question Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-06-30 14:55 -0400
          Re: basic output question e.d.programmer@gmail.com - 2015-06-30 12:14 -0700
            Re: basic output question Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-07-27 22:25 -0400
        Re: basic output question Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-06-30 15:27 -0400

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