code: public boolean writerObtained() {
          if (com.ibm.ejs.ras.TraceComponent.isAnyTracingEnabled()&&logger.isLoggable (Level.FINE))  //306998.15
              logger.logp(Level.FINE, CLASS_NAME,"writerObtained"," " + String.valueOf(_gotWriter),"["+this+"]");
          return _gotWriter;
      }
docs: Used to check whether the writer has been obtained.
  
  @return Logical true if the writer has been previously obtained, false otherwise.