How to write custom Log handler
// : c15:CustomHandler.java //How to write custom handler //From 'Thinking in Java, 3rd ed.' (c) Bruce Eckel 2002 //www.BruceEckel.com. See copyright notice in CopyRight.txt. import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; import java.util.logging.Handler; import java.util.logging.LogRecord; import java.util.logging.Logger; public class CustomHandler { private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger("CustomHandler"); private static List strHolder = new ArrayList(); public static void main(String[] args) { logger.addHandler(new Handler() { public void publish(LogRecord logRecord) { strHolder.add(logRecord.getLevel() + ":"); strHolder.add(logRecord.getSourceClassName() + ":"); strHolder.add(logRecord.getSourceMethodName() + ":"); strHolder.add("<" + logRecord.getMessage() + ">"); strHolder.add("\n"); } public void flush() { } public void close() { } }); logger.warning("Logging Warning"); logger.info("Logging Info"); System.out.print(strHolder); } } ///:~