ConsoleHandler (Java Platform SE 6) (original) (raw)



java.util.logging

Class ConsoleHandler

java.lang.Object extended by java.util.logging.Handler extended by java.util.logging.StreamHandler extended by 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 followingLogManager configuration properties. If properties are not defined (or have invalid values) then the specified default values are used.

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](../../../java/util/logging/Handler.html#reportError%28java.lang.String, java.lang.Exception, int%29), setErrorManager, setFilter, setFormatter, setLevel
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, [wait](../../../java/lang/Object.html#wait%28long, int%29)
Constructor Detail

ConsoleHandler

public ConsoleHandler()

Create a ConsoleHandler for System.err.

The ConsoleHandler is configured based onLogManager 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](../../../java/util/logging/StreamHandler.html#publish%28java.util.logging.LogRecord%29) in class [StreamHandler](../../../java/util/logging/StreamHandler.html "class in java.util.logging")

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](../../../java/util/logging/StreamHandler.html#close%28%29) in class [StreamHandler](../../../java/util/logging/StreamHandler.html "class in java.util.logging")



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