Index: test/net/sourceforge/cruisecontrol/util/XMLLogHelperTest.java
===================================================================
--- test/net/sourceforge/cruisecontrol/util/XMLLogHelperTest.java	(revision 3558)
+++ test/net/sourceforge/cruisecontrol/util/XMLLogHelperTest.java	(working copy)
@@ -136,6 +136,33 @@
         }
     }
 
+    public void testGetBaseLogFileName() {
+        XMLLogHelper successHelper = new XMLLogHelper(successfulLogElement);
+        try {
+            assertEquals("log20020313120000", successHelper.getBaseLogFileName());
+        } catch (CruiseControlException e) {
+            assertTrue(false);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void testCreateBuildResultsURLNoSlashNoParameters() throws CruiseControlException {
+        XMLLogHelper successHelper = new XMLLogHelper(successfulLogElement);
+        assertEquals("http://localhost:8080?log=log20020313120000",
+                successHelper.createBuildResultsURL("http://localhost:8080"));
+    }
+
+    public void testCreateBuildResultsURLWithTrailingSlash() throws CruiseControlException {
+        XMLLogHelper successHelper = new XMLLogHelper(successfulLogElement);
+        assertEquals("http://localhost:8080/?log=log20020313120000",
+                successHelper.createBuildResultsURL("http://localhost:8080/"));
+    }
+
+    public void testCreateBuildResultsURLWithParameters() throws CruiseControlException {
+        XMLLogHelper successHelper = new XMLLogHelper(successfulLogElement);
+        assertEquals("http://localhost:8080/?foo=bar&log=log20020313120000",
+                successHelper.createBuildResultsURL("http://localhost:8080/?foo=bar"));
+    }
+
     public void testWasPreviousBuildSuccessful() {
         XMLLogHelper successHelper = new XMLLogHelper(successfulLogElement);
         XMLLogHelper failureHelper = new XMLLogHelper(failedLogElement);
Index: src/net/sourceforge/cruisecontrol/util/XMLLogHelper.java
===================================================================
--- src/net/sourceforge/cruisecontrol/util/XMLLogHelper.java	(revision 3558)
+++ src/net/sourceforge/cruisecontrol/util/XMLLogHelper.java	(working copy)
@@ -36,17 +36,17 @@
  ********************************************************************************/
 package net.sourceforge.cruisecontrol.util;
 
+import net.sourceforge.cruisecontrol.CruiseControlException;
+import net.sourceforge.cruisecontrol.DateFormatFactory;
+import net.sourceforge.cruisecontrol.Modification;
+import org.jdom.Element;
+
+import java.io.File;
 import java.text.DateFormat;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-import net.sourceforge.cruisecontrol.CruiseControlException;
-import net.sourceforge.cruisecontrol.DateFormatFactory;
-import net.sourceforge.cruisecontrol.Modification;
-
-import org.jdom.Element;
-
 /**
  *  Wrapper for the cruisecontrol build log.  This class serves two purposes:<br>
  *  <ul>
@@ -97,12 +97,56 @@
 
     /**
      *  @return the build log name
+     * @throws CruiseControlException if the logFile property cannot be retrieved from the log
      */
     public String getLogFileName() throws CruiseControlException {
         return getCruiseControlInfoProperty("logfile");
     }
 
     /**
+     * Computes the baseLogFileName from the {@link #getLogFileName() logFileName}
+     *  @return the base build log name
+     * @throws CruiseControlException if the logFileName cannot be retrieved
+     */
+    public String getBaseLogFileName() throws CruiseControlException {
+        return getBaseLogFileName(getLogFileName());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Computes the baseLogFileName from the specified logFileName
+     *  @return the base build log name of the specified logFileName
+     */
+    public static String getBaseLogFileName(String logFileName) throws CruiseControlException {
+        return logFileName.substring(logFileName.lastIndexOf(File.separator) + 1, logFileName.lastIndexOf("."));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Build the results URL for the current log, given the specified buildResultsURLRoot.
+     * @param buildResultsURLRoot
+     * @return
+     * @throws CruiseControlException if the {@link #getBaseLogFileName baseLogFileName} cannot be computed
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if buildResultsURLRoot is <code>null</code>
+     */
+    public String createBuildResultsURL(String buildResultsURLRoot) throws CruiseControlException {
+        if (buildResultsURLRoot == null) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("null buildResultsURLRoot");
+        }
+        StringBuffer message = new StringBuffer();
+        message.append(buildResultsURLRoot);
+
+        if (buildResultsURLRoot.indexOf("?") == -1) {
+            message.append("?");
+        } else {
+            message.append("&");
+        }
+
+        message.append("log=");
+        message.append(getBaseLogFileName());
+
+        return message.toString();
+    }
+
+    /**
      *  @return the label for this build
      */
     public String getLabel() throws CruiseControlException {
@@ -228,4 +272,8 @@
         return !this.wasPreviousBuildSuccessful() && this.isBuildSuccessful();
     }
 
+    public boolean isBuildNewlyBroken() throws CruiseControlException {
+        return this.wasPreviousBuildSuccessful() && !this.isBuildSuccessful();
+    }
+
 }