protected final void record(String textLine) throws AdeInternalException {
  appendStatString(textLine);
  lastRecordingNanos=System.nanoTime();
}

protected final void record ( String textLine ) throws AdeInternalException { appendStatString ( textLine ) ; lastRecordingNanos = System . nanoTime ( ) ; }
method to append to the stats file corresponding to this instance , and start a new timing start value
