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

A handler that writes log messages to the standard output stream System.err.

This handler reads the following properties from the log manager to initialize itself:

• java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.level specifies the logging level, defaults to Level.INFO if this property is not found or has an invalid value;
• java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.filter specifies the name of the filter class to be associated with this handler, defaults to null if this property is not found or has an invalid value;
• java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.formatter specifies the name of the formatter class to be associated with this handler, defaults to java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter if this property is not found or has an invalid value;
• java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.encoding specifies the encoding this handler will use to encode log messages, defaults to null if this property is not found or has an invalid value.

This class is not thread-safe.

Constructor Summary

ConsoleHandler()
Constructs a ConsoleHandler object.

Method Summary

void	close() Closes this handler.
void	publish(LogRecord record) Logs a record if necessary.

Methods inherited from class java.util.logging.StreamHandler

close, flush, internalSetOutputStream, isLoggable, setEncoding, setOutputStream

Methods inherited from class java.util.logging.Handler

getEncoding, getErrorManager, getFilter, getFormatter, getLevel, initProperties, internalSetEncoding, internalSetFormatter, printInvalidPropMessage, 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()

Constructs a ConsoleHandler object.

Method Detail

close

public void close()

Closes this handler. The System.err is flushed but not closed.

Overrides:

close in class StreamHandler

publish

public void publish(LogRecord record)

Logs a record if necessary. A flush operation will be done.

Overrides:

publish in class StreamHandler

Parameters:

record - the log record to be logged