java.util.logging.Logger doesn't respect java.util.logging.Level?

Question

In plain Java SE 6 environment:

Logger l = Logger.getLogger(\"nameless\");
l.setLevel(Level.ALL);
l.fine(\"somemessage\");

Nothing shows up

Answer 1

Other users have already given good answer why it happened (ConsoleHandler has a separate level variable). I reuse my application logger's level and copy it up to the parent hiearchy. Also provides easy way to refresh levels at runtime anytime I want.

// Set same level all loggers and handlers up to the parent level
// OFF,SEVERE,WARNING,INFO,CONFIG,FINE,FINER,FINEST,ALL
Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(this.getClass().getPackage().getName());
//Level level = Level.parse("FINEST");
Level level = logger.getLevel();
Logger tempLogger = logger;
while(tempLogger != null) {
   tempLogger.setLevel(level);
   for(Handler handler : tempLogger.getHandlers())
      handler.setLevel(level);
   tempLogger = tempLogger.getParent();
}