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From: Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Logging Question
Date: Sun, 01 Jan 2012 07:59:04 -0500
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On 01/01/2012 06:33 AM, Stefan Ram wrote:
> Novice<novice@example..com>  writes:
>> Yes! I simply copied XMLFormatter from the Java source file, added one
>
>    A log file should remain usable even when the process was terminated
>    abnormally. But an XML file needs to have one single root element
>    that has an end tag at its end. A process that is being terminated
>    abnormally might not write such an end tag. So, one has no guarantee
>    that the log output is well-formed XML. Or did I miss something?
>
Only that there are no guarantees.
<http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/logging/overview.html#a1.12>