Subclassing java.util.logging.Formatter doesn't work

Question

I am using java.util.logging for logging (I don\'t want to use log4j or anything else).

This is my complete private logging.properties:

Answer 1

Ok this one really annoyed me too, and was driving me nuts, I was checking the spelling endlessly, doing google searching etc - which is how I got here - I know this is a year old, but your going to kick yourself. Here is what I am pretty sure is your answer.

For :

java.util.logging.FileHandler.formatter = com.mycomp.myproj.LogFormatter;

That should be :

java.util.logging.FileHandler.formatter = com.mycomp.myproj.LogFormatter

Drop the training ";". It seems to need to match exactly to the class name I saw someone else complain they had trailing white space characters - which was what my problem was. A better error message would have been helpful.

Cheers - Mark