def getFileAccessPointerForFile(self, fileName):
"""
@Summary : Verifies if the specified file was the last one accessed
by the filetype/client/machine combination specified
in the current instance.
If it is, it will return the position that was last read.
Otherwise returns 0(top of the file.)
@param fileName: File for wich you are interested in reading and want to
read as if it was the last file read.
@return: returns the pointer to where we last read the specified file.
"""
accessPointer = 0
accessFile = self.buildLogFilesAccessFileName()
identifier = os.path.basename( accessFile)
accessManager = LogFileAccessManager( accessFile = accessFile )
if accessManager.isTheLastFileThatWasReadByThisIdentifier( fileName, identifier ) ==True:
accessPointer = accessManager.getLastReadPositionAssociatedWith(identifier)
return accessPointer
def saveFileAccessPointer(self):
"""
@summary: Saves the informations relative to
the last access made to log files
by the fileStatscollector's instance.
"""
accessFile = self.buildLogFilesAccessFileName()
identifier = os.path.basename( accessFile)
accessManager = LogFileAccessManager( accessFile = accessFile )
accessManager.setFirstLineAndLastReadPositionAssociatedwith(self.firstLineOfLastFileRead, self.lastPositionRead, identifier)
accessManager.saveAccessDictionary()