Re: log4j configuration and Applets

From:
=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Arne_Vajh=F8j?= <arne@vajhoej.dk>
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Date:
Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:03:32 -0400
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Richard Maher wrote:

"Andrew Thompson" <andrewthommo@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:61008c89-45b9-430e-b9a9-c98b8d4ddb35@h11g2000yqb.googlegroups.com...

Was there a particular reason that the javax.util.logging
API does not fulfil the needs of this applet?


Might be taking the proverbial when it comes to doing my own googling, but
if someone has a "nice little" tutorial example of a console logger with
java.util.logging then please share it.


Just get the anonymous logger, log to that and don't attempt
to change the config (if you do that then you will get in a fight
with the security manager).

See code below.

Arne

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package test2;

import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

import javax.swing.JApplet;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;

public class LogApplet extends JApplet {
     private Logger log = Logger.getAnonymousLogger();
     private JButton debugbtn = new JButton("Log debug");
     private JButton infobtn = new JButton("Log info");
     private JButton warnbtn = new JButton("Log warning");
     private JButton errorbtn = new JButton("Log error");
     private JButton consolebtn = new JButton("Log to console");
     private JButton guibtn = new JButton("Log to GUI");
     private boolean console = false;
     private boolean gui = false;
     public void init() {
         log.setLevel(Level.OFF);
         debugbtn.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
             public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                 JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "No debug level
loggin possible");
             }
         });
         infobtn.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
             public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                 log.info("This is a test");
             }
         });
         warnbtn.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
             public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                 log.warning("This is a test");
             }
         });
         errorbtn.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
             public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                 log.severe("This is a test");
             }
         });
         consolebtn.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
             public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                 console = !console;
                 if(console) {
                     log.setLevel(Level.FINE);
                 } else {
                     log.setLevel(Level.OFF);
                 }
             }
         });
         guibtn.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
             public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                 gui = !gui;
                 JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "No fancy GUI
handler here");
             }
         });
         getContentPane().setLayout(new GridLayout(3,2 ));
         getContentPane().add(debugbtn);
         getContentPane().add(infobtn);
         getContentPane().add(warnbtn);
         getContentPane().add(errorbtn);
         getContentPane().add(consolebtn);
         getContentPane().add(guibtn);

     }
}

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