java.util.logging
Class ConsoleHandler

java.lang.Object   
  java.util.logging.Handler   
      java.util.logging.StreamHandler   
          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. A null record is silently ignored and is not published

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