SocketHandler

Class Overview

A handler that writes log messages to a socket connection.

This handler reads the following properties from the log manager to initialize itself:

• java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.level specifies the logging level, defaults to Level.ALL if this property is not found or has an invalid value.
• java.util.logging.SocketHandler.filter specifies the name of the filter class to be associated with this handler, defaults to null if this property is not found or has an invalid value.
• java.util.logging.SocketHandler.formatter specifies the name of the formatter class to be associated with this handler, defaults to java.util.logging.XMLFormatter if this property is not found or has an invalid value.
• java.util.logging.SocketHandler.encoding specifies the encoding this handler will use to encode log messages, defaults to null if this property is not found or has an invalid value.
• java.util.logging.SocketHandler.host specifies the name of the host that this handler should connect to. There's no default value for this property.
• java.util.logging.SocketHandler.encoding specifies the port number that this handler should connect to. There's no default value for this property.

This handler buffers the outgoing messages, but flushes each time a log record has been published.

This class is not thread-safe.

Summary

[Expand] Inherited Methods
From class java.util.logging.StreamHandler void close() Closes this handler. void flush() Flushes any buffered output. boolean isLoggable(LogRecord record) Determines whether the supplied log record needs to be logged. synchronized void publish(LogRecord record) Accepts a logging request. void setEncoding(String encoding) Sets the character encoding used by this handler. void setOutputStream(OutputStream os) Sets the output stream this handler writes to.
From class java.util.logging.Handler abstract void close() Closes this handler. abstract void flush() Flushes any buffered output. String getEncoding() Gets the character encoding used by this handler, null for default encoding. ErrorManager getErrorManager() Gets the error manager used by this handler to report errors during logging. Filter getFilter() Gets the filter used by this handler. Formatter getFormatter() Gets the formatter used by this handler to format the logging messages. Level getLevel() Gets the logging level of this handler, records with levels lower than this value will be dropped. boolean isLoggable(LogRecord record) Determines whether the supplied log record needs to be logged. abstract void publish(LogRecord record) Accepts a logging request and sends it to the the target. void reportError(String msg, Exception ex, int code) Reports an error to the error manager associated with this handler, ErrorManager is used for that purpose. void setEncoding(String encoding) Sets the character encoding used by this handler, null indicates a default encoding. void setErrorManager(ErrorManager em) Sets the error manager for this handler. void setFilter(Filter newFilter) Sets the filter to be used by this handler. void setFormatter(Formatter newFormatter) Sets the formatter to be used by this handler. void setLevel(Level newLevel) Sets the logging level of the messages logged by this handler, levels lower than this value will be dropped.
From class java.lang.Object Object clone() Creates and returns a copy of this Object. boolean equals(Object o) Compares this instance with the specified object and indicates if they are equal. void finalize() Called before the object's memory is reclaimed by the VM. final Class<?> getClass() Returns the unique instance of Class that represents this object's class. int hashCode() Returns an integer hash code for this object. final void notify() Causes a thread which is waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the wait() methods) to be woken up. final void notifyAll() Causes all threads which are waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the wait() methods) to be woken up. String toString() Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this object. final void wait() Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object. final void wait(long millis, int nanos) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object or until the specified timeout expires. final void wait(long millis) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object or until the specified timeout expires.