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Re: SimpleFormatter Question

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On 3/9/2012 8:40 PM, Novice wrote:
> I'm experimenting with java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter and I've run
> into a problem.
>
> The API
> (http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/logging/SimpleFormatt
> er.html) says that you can control the format of a simple log via the
> java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter.format property; a bunch of variables
> are available as the value of the property. I put this value, copied
> right out of the API, in my logging.properties:
>
> java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter.format="%4$s: %5$s [%1$tc]%n"
>
> This is supposed to yield a message that looks like this:
>
> WARNING: warning message [Tue Mar 22 13:11:31 PDT 2011]
>
> When I run my program though, the output looks like this:
>
> 9-Mar-2012 6:09:32 PM com.novice.common.LocalizationUtils getResources
> SEVERE: The base name cannot be null.
>
> In other words, the format I've specified is completely ignored.
>
> What's the trick to make the program use the format I've specified? I'm
> confident that the logging.properties file I've specified in my VM
> argument is being used because it is naming my log file correctly. I'm
> having trouble thinking of any other reason why this isn't working. Here
> is my config file with all the comments stripped out.
>
> ========================================================================
> handlers= java.util.logging.FileHandler, java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler
> .level= ALL
> java.util.logging.FileHandler.pattern = %h/Foo%u.log
> java.util.logging.FileHandler.limit = 50000
> java.util.logging.FileHandler.count = 1
> java.util.logging.FileHandler.formatter =
> java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter
> java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter.format = "%4$s: %5$s [%1$tc]%n"
> java.util.logging.FileHandler.level = ALL
>
> java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.level = INFO
> java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.formatter =
> java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter
>
> com.novice.foo.level = ALL
> java.level = WARNING
> sun.level = WARNING
> javax.level = WARNING
> ========================================================================
>
> I can't see anything in the API that explains this and Google may be my
> friend but it isn't helping me sort this out.

Are you using Java 7?

The docs are for Java 7 and that property does not seem to
work for Java 6.

Arne

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SimpleFormatter Question Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-03-10 01:40 +0000
  Re: SimpleFormatter Question Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-03-09 21:14 -0500
    Re: SimpleFormatter Question Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-03-10 04:45 +0000
      Re: SimpleFormatter Question Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-03-10 04:57 +0000
        Re: SimpleFormatter Question Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-03-10 09:26 -0400
          Re: SimpleFormatter Question Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-03-10 17:55 +0000
            Re: SimpleFormatter Question Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-03-10 10:27 -0800
              Re: SimpleFormatter Question Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-03-10 20:47 +0000
        Re: SimpleFormatter Question Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-03-10 12:08 -0500

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