Review request: 7006814 "sun.util.logging.PlatformLogger ability to override the output format"

[Alan Bateman]

Mandy Chung wrote:
>  7006814: sun.util.logging.PlatformLogger ability to override the 
> output format
>
> The platform logger is using the SimpleFormatter to be same as the 
> default logging configuration.  It prints 2 lines with the 
> timestamp.   For debugging use, 1-line format will be simpler and 
> adequate. The number of lines output will be half.  This fix allows to 
> switch to 1-line format by setting "sun.util.logging.oneLineFormat" 
> system property as an interim solution before 6381464 is fixed.
>
> Webrev at:
>     http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mchung/7006814/webrev.00/
It seems a bit strange to have the platform logger support this but not 
SimpleFormatter. Do you think there would be any compatibility concerns 
if SimpleFormatter were changed to emit one line output? If not then it 
might be simpler to change it along with the platform logger so that 
this property isn't needed. If there is a concern then an alternative it 
to change the platform logger so that it emits the one-line output by 
default as it's only used in the platform.

-Alan.