In java.util.logging, what is the global logger for?
In the java.util.logging logging framework there's a special Logger instance named "global" , but I can't find any documentation of what its intended use is. The documentation for Logger.getGlobal() just says Return global logger object with the name Logger.GLOBAL_LOGGER_NAME . Logger.GLOBAL_LOGGER_NAME , in turn, is documented only as GLOBAL_LOGGER_NAME is a name for the global logger. My fairly extensive searches didn't turn up any more useful documentation. What is the global logger intended to be used for? Is that documented somewhere that I missed? The "global" Logger object is provided