public void startMonitoring()
    throws IOException 
  {
    if (file == null) {
      writer = new PrintWriter(new BufferedOutputStream(System.out));
    } else {
      writer = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter(file, true));
    }
    super.startMonitoring();
  }
public void startMonitoring ( ) throws IOException { if ( file == null ) { writer = new PrintWriter ( new BufferedOutputStream ( System . out ) ) ; } else { writer = new PrintWriter ( new FileWriter ( file , true ) ) ; } super . startMonitoring ( ) ; }
Starts or restarts monitoring, by opening in append-mode, the
file specified by the <code>fileName</code> attribute,
if specified. Otherwise the data will be written to standard
output.