java.util.logging
Class ConsoleHandler

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.util.logging.Handler
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        +--java.util.logging.StreamHandler
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              +--java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler
public class ConsoleHandler
extends StreamHandler

This Handler publishes log records to System.err. By default the SimpleFormatter is used to generate brief summaries.

Configuration: By default each ConsoleHandler is initialized using the following LogManager configuration properties. If properties are not defined (or have invalid values) then the specified default values are used.

  • java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.level specifies the default level for the Handler (defaults to Level.INFO).
  • java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.filter specifies the name of a Filter class to use (defaults to no Filter).
  • java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.formatter specifies the name of a Formatter class to use (defaults to java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter).
  • java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.encoding the name of the character set encoding to use (defaults to the default platform encoding).

Since:
1.4

 

Constructor Summary

ConsoleHandler()
    Create a ConsoleHandler for System.err.
 

 

Method Summary

 void close()
    Override StreamHandler.close to do a flush but not to close the output stream.
 void publish(LogRecord record)
    Publish a LogRecord.
 
Methods inherited from class java.util.logging.StreamHandler
flush, isLoggable, setEncoding, setOutputStream
 
Methods inherited from class java.util.logging.Handler
getEncoding, getErrorManager, getFilter, getFormatter, getLevel, reportError, setErrorManager, setFilter, setFormatter, setLevel
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

 

Constructor Detail

 

ConsoleHandler

public ConsoleHandler()
Create a ConsoleHandler for System.err.

The ConsoleHandler is configured based on LogManager properties (or their default values).

 

Method Detail

 

publish

public void publish(LogRecord record)
Publish a LogRecord.

The logging request was made initially to a Logger object, which initialized the LogRecord and forwarded it here.

Overrides:
publish in class StreamHandler
Parameters:
record - description of the log event

 

close

public void close()
Override StreamHandler.close to do a flush but not to close the output stream. That is, we do not close System.err.

Overrides:
close in class StreamHandler