Re: Patch: logging.properties

[Michael Koch]

On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 12:50:08PM +0100, Sascha Brawer wrote:
> Michael Koch <address@hidden> wrote on Fri, 16 Jan 2004 11:48:16 +0100:
> 
> >>>> [Patch for adding logging.properties]
> 
> >This is not to overwrite things in java.util.logging in the default
> >version. It's more to make the administrator aware that he can change
> >the defaults easily site-global. It should show the defaults in
> >java.util.logging too. That way the admin doesnt has to look into the
> >sources to see them. Thats not the case currently. The logging.properties
> >in Suns JRE does this. 
> 
> If the only purpose of the patch is documentation, it really should have
> more verbose comments. I don't think that the proposed patch would
> actually help a sysadmin very much. What about the following?
> 
> # Logging Configuration
> # ---------------------
> # By setting properties in this file, you can change the behavior
> # of the java.util.logging framework. Some examples are listed below.
> #
> #
> # To change the logging threshold of all loggers to the value
> # java.util.logging.Level.CONFIG, un-comment the following line:
> #
> # .level=CONFIG
> #
> #
> # To change the logging threshold of all loggers in the "foo.bar"
> # namespace to java.util.logging.Level.FINEST, un-comment the follwing
> # line. This will also affect any children, such as "foo.bar.baz".
> #
> # foo.bar.level=FINEST
> #
> #
> # To register a FileHandler for the "foo.bar" namespace and its
> # children, un-comment the following line. By default, the FileHandler
> # will write XML-formatted messages into a file "java0.log" in the
> # user's home directory.
> #
> # foo.bar.handlers=java.util.logging.FileHandler
> #
> #
> # To make a FileHandler use plain text instead of XML, and to place
> # the log file into a different location (such as /tmp/myfile.log
> # or /var/tmp/myfile.log), un-comment the following:
> #
> # java.util.logging.FileHandler.pattern=%t/myfile.log
> # java.util.logging.FileHandler.formatter=java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter
> #
> #
> # Logging can be configured in many ways. For more information, please
> # look at the documentation of the java.util.logging package.

Looks great. I will use this. This should go into libgcj too. Will make
sure this.


Michael