From 79f4dd467e67a88d965f07d7b52fbacddb9dd011 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: fros4943 <fros4943>
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:04:26 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] added maximum log message size (1024 bytes) to avoid
 buffering up on binary serial output

---
 tools/cooja/java/se/sics/cooja/dialogs/SerialUI.java | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/cooja/java/se/sics/cooja/dialogs/SerialUI.java b/tools/cooja/java/se/sics/cooja/dialogs/SerialUI.java
index 1465e278d..3efa41042 100644
--- a/tools/cooja/java/se/sics/cooja/dialogs/SerialUI.java
+++ b/tools/cooja/java/se/sics/cooja/dialogs/SerialUI.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
    * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
    * SUCH DAMAGE.
    *
-   * $Id: SerialUI.java,v 1.3 2010/02/05 09:07:58 fros4943 Exp $
+   * $Id: SerialUI.java,v 1.4 2010/03/15 22:04:26 fros4943 Exp $
    */
 
 package se.sics.cooja.dialogs;
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ import se.sics.cooja.plugins.SLIP;
 public abstract class SerialUI extends Log implements SerialPort {
   private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(SerialUI.class);
 
+  private final static int MAX_LENGTH = 1024;
+
   private String lastLogMessage = "";
   private StringBuilder newMessage = new StringBuilder();
 
@@ -324,6 +326,10 @@ public abstract class SerialUI extends Log implements SerialPort {
         this.notifyObservers(getMote());
       } else {
         newMessage.append((char) data);
+        if (newMessage.length() > MAX_LENGTH) {
+          logger.warn("Dropping too large log message (>" + MAX_LENGTH + " bytes).");
+          newMessage.setLength(0);
+        }
       }
       lastSerialData = (byte) data;
       serialDataObservable.notifyNewData();