Logger lies to me

Question

This code says that it will print out FINE messages, but refuses to actually do it. Anybody know why?
import java.util.logging.*;
public class LoggerTest {
     public static void main( String[] args ) {
          Logger log = Logger.getLogger( LoggerTest.class.getName() );
          log.setLevel( Level.FINE );
          log.info ( "Will log fine? "+ log.isLoggable( Level.FINE ) );
          log.info   ( "Info " );
          log.fine   ( "Fine " );
          log.finer  ( "Finer " );
          log.finest ( "Finest " );
}this is the output:
java LoggerTest
Jun 19, 2006 4:19:39 PM LoggerTest main
INFO: Will log fine? true
Jun 19, 2006 4:19:39 PM LoggerTest main
INFO: Info

Answer 1

java.util.Logging can be a bit tricky at first, but its very flexible. I used to always muck around with progammatic manipulation, too.
The trick is to (choose 1 or more):
a) Walk up the chain of parent loggers and configure all of them to log using Fine [ not too cool ]
b) tell your logger not to use its parent (or you'll have duplicate messages) and add your own handler to it [ better, but still annoying ]
c) obtain loggers from some utility class which does a or b [better]
d) use the system properties to configure your applications loggers [better]
Read up more on the architecture in java.util.logger.Logger and how to configure in java.util.logger.LogManager.