A java implementation of tail

tailLog

	// See JLogTailer
	public void tailLog(File file) {
		boolean running = true;
		int updateInterval = 1000;
		long filePointer = file.length();

		try {
			while (running) {
				Thread.sleep(updateInterval);
				long length = file.length();
				if (length < filePointer) {
					print("Log file was reset. Restarting logging from start of file.");
					filePointer = length;
				} else if (length > filePointer) {
					RandomAccessFile localRandomAccessFile = new RandomAccessFile(file, "r");
					localRandomAccessFile.seek(filePointer);
					String str = null;
					while ((str = localRandomAccessFile.readLine()) != null) {
						// TODO add log cache logic
						print(str);
					}
					filePointer = localRandomAccessFile.getFilePointer();
					localRandomAccessFile.close();
				}
			}
		} catch (Exception ex) {
		}
	}