The modern Java platform includes a logging API that enables platform classes to log messages. It has a commensurate service for manipulating the logs. Before we go too far into what is new regarding the logging API and service, let's review java.util.logging.api, which was introduced in Java 7.
Platform logging
The java.util.logging package
The java.util.logging package includes classes and interfaces that collectively comprise Java's core logging features. This functionality was created with the following goals:
- Problem diagnosis by end users and system administrators
- Problem diagnosis by field service engineers
- Problem diagnosis by the development organization
As you can see, the primary purpose was to enable...
