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package org.apache.activemq.broker.view;

import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.PrintWriter;

import org.apache.activemq.broker.Broker;
import org.apache.activemq.broker.BrokerFilter;
import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;

/**
 * Useful base class
 * 
 * @version $Revision: $
 */
public abstract class DotFileInterceptorSupport extends BrokerFilter {
    private final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(DotFileInterceptorSupport.class);

    private String file;

    public DotFileInterceptorSupport(Broker next, String file) {
        super(next);
        this.file = file;
    }

    protected void generateFile() throws Exception {
        if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
            log.debug("Creating DOT file at: " + file);
        }
        PrintWriter writer = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter(file));
        try {
            generateFile(writer);
        } finally {
            writer.close();
        }
    }

    protected abstract void generateFile(PrintWriter writer) throws Exception;
}
