Handler

public abstract class Handler
extends Object

java.lang.Object
↳	java.util.logging.Handler

Known direct subclasses MemoryHandler, StreamHandler MemoryHandler Handler that buffers requests in a circular buffer in memory.  StreamHandler Stream based logging Handler.

Known indirect subclasses ConsoleHandler, FileHandler, SocketHandler ConsoleHandler This Handler publishes log records to System.err.  FileHandler Simple file logging Handler.  SocketHandler Simple network logging Handler.

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A Handler object takes log messages from a Logger and exports them. It might for example, write them to a console or write them to a file, or send them to a network logging service, or forward them to an OS log, or whatever.

A Handler can be disabled by doing a setLevel(Level.OFF) and can be re-enabled by doing a setLevel with an appropriate level.

Handler classes typically use LogManager properties to set default values for the Handler's Filter, Formatter, and Level. See the specific documentation for each concrete Handler class.

Summary

Protected constructors
Handler() Default constructor.

Public methods
abstract void	close() Close the Handler and free all associated resources.
abstract void	flush() Flush any buffered output.
String	getEncoding() Return the character encoding for this Handler.
ErrorManager	getErrorManager() Retrieves the ErrorManager for this Handler.
Filter	getFilter() Get the current Filter for this Handler.
Formatter	getFormatter() Return the Formatter for this Handler.
Level	getLevel() Get the log level specifying which messages will be logged by this Handler.
boolean	isLoggable(LogRecord record) Check if this Handler would actually log a