java.util.Logger creating multiple log files

[Anant Jagania]

Hi,

I created a My Logger class which holds object of java.util.Logger and in the constructor i am adding FileHandler to Logger.

Now this logger i used in all my class for logging purpose.

It seems that it is creating new new log files every time. When I run the my application it creates three log files at the same time.

Please let me know how to over come this.

Thanks,
Anant

[David Newton]

I think it'd make sense to post the actual code (and configuration, if any) you're using.

[Anant Jagania]

Here is the code

    
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.logging.FileHandler;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

public class MYLogger {

    private Logger logger = null;

    private MYLogger(String className) throws IOException {
        logger = Logger.getLogger(className);
        logger.addHandler(new FileHandler("log.txt"));
    }

    public static MYLogger getLogger(String className) {
        try {
            return new MYLogger(className);
        } catch (IOException ex) {
            Logger.getLogger(MYLogger.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE,
                    "There was some issue creating the file handler for Logger", ex);
            return null;
        }
    }

    public void log(Level level, String msg, Object param1) {
        logger.log(level, msg, param1);
    }

    public void log(Level level, String msg) {
        logger.log(level, msg);
    }
}

[Pat Farrell]

If you are having to change your code to make it work the way you like, I suggest you take a quick look at Apache's log4j

It is widely used, more flexible, and there is an active support mailing list.