Java logging - xml

Question

I've just started using the java logger (java.util.logging.*;).
It outputs to a file in XML format. Is there a way to have it output plain text?
ie just what is in the statements i write, like this:
logger.info( "MyClass.someMethod(): hello\n" );

Answer 1

In the JRE\lib, there is a file called logging.properties where the defaults are set.
You can modify the line :
java.util.logging.FileHandler.formatter = java.util.logging.XMLFormatterto
java.util.logging.FileHandler.formatter = java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter
/code]
or do it from your code import java.util.logging.*;
FileHandler fh = new FileHandler("TestLog.log", append);
//fh.setFormatter(new XMLFormatter());
fh.setFormatter(new SimpleFormatter());
logger = Logger.getLogger("TestLog");
logger.addHandler(fh);
or provide your own logging.properties when starting the JVM with the option
-Djava.util.logging.config.file=mylogging.propsMore tips at http://www.rgagnon.com/javadetails/java-0501.html
Bye.