java.util.logging.LogManager.getProperty(String nameStr)

[Robert Emmons]

java.util.logging.LogManager.getProperty(String nameStr) returns the value of the nameStr property, but how do I get a list of the names of the properties?

[Campbell Ritchie]

Don't know, but this sounds a more difficult question that we usually get here in beginners'.
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[Jelle Klap]

Barring the use of reflection to access the private Properties field (called "props"), there doesn't appear to be any way to programatically retrieve an enumeration of configured properties. However, the LogManager API documentation does provide some details about the names of some of the system and global properties, and also some naming conventions. It also refers to the default configuration file ( called "logging.properties"), which can be located in the "lib" directory of the JRE. You could take a look at that file to see what the default configuration should look like.

[Robert Emmons]

Thanks for the info.

I did review the API, and saw no method that returned the Enumeration I wanted.

I understand that the properties are generally set by the LogManager reading a logging.properties file, but the file is not always located in JRE/lib. As I understand it, the file location can be changed in an argument starting the VM. It can also be changed by program code. In addition, after the file is loaded, properties can be added or changed by code. Also, I am working with servlets on a Tomcat server, and I believe Tomcat searches a classpath for the file, using the first one it finds in the path, not necessarily the one you may have intended.

With all that going on, I was hoping to find some way to get a definite list of properties, and there values, but I guess it is not too easy.