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



java.util.logging

Class SocketHandler

java.lang.Object extended by java.util.logging.Handler extended by java.util.logging.StreamHandler extended by java.util.logging.SocketHandler


public class SocketHandler

extends StreamHandler

Simple network logging Handler.

LogRecords are published to a network stream connection. By default the XMLFormatter class is used for formatting.

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

The output IO stream is buffered, but is flushed after eachLogRecord is written.

Since:

1.4


Constructor Summary
SocketHandler() Create a SocketHandler, using only LogManager properties (or their defaults).
[SocketHandler](../../../java/util/logging/SocketHandler.html#SocketHandler%28java.lang.String, int%29)(String host, int port) Construct a SocketHandler using a specified host and port.
Method Summary
void close() Close this output stream.
void publish(LogRecord record) Format and 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

SocketHandler

public SocketHandler() throws IOException

Create a SocketHandler, using only LogManager properties (or their defaults).

Throws:

[IllegalArgumentException](../../../java/lang/IllegalArgumentException.html "class in java.lang") - if the host or port are invalid or are not specified as LogManager properties.

[IOException](../../../java/io/IOException.html "class in java.io") - if we are unable to connect to the target host and port.


SocketHandler

public SocketHandler(String host, int port) throws IOException

Construct a SocketHandler using a specified host and port. The SocketHandler is configured based on LogManager properties (or their default values) except that the given target host and port arguments are used. If the host argument is empty, but not null String then the localhost is used.

Parameters:

host - target host.

port - target port.

Throws:

[IllegalArgumentException](../../../java/lang/IllegalArgumentException.html "class in java.lang") - if the host or port are invalid.

[IOException](../../../java/io/IOException.html "class in java.io") - if we are unable to connect to the target host and port.

Method Detail

close

public void close() throws SecurityException

Close this output stream.

Overrides:

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

Throws:

[SecurityException](../../../java/lang/SecurityException.html "class in java.lang") - if a security manager exists and if the caller does not have LoggingPermission("control").


publish

public void publish(LogRecord record)

Format and publish a LogRecord.

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



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