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

[Mandy Chung]

  On 3/9/11 10:08 AM, Alan Bateman wrote:
> Mandy Chung wrote:
>> :
>> As Eamonn said, I don't think we can change the default of 
>> SimpleFormatter to one line as it would break existing 
>> apps/scripts/tools that depend on the format.
>>
>> When j.u.logging is enabled (e.g. the j.u.logging API is called), it 
>> will use the SimpleFormatter as the default.  If the platform logger 
>> uses one-line format, the output will be inconsistent depending on 
>> whether the j.u.logging API is used by the application.  Keeping the 
>> default same as j.u.logging avoids the confusion.
> Right, but it seems very strange that the property only controls 
> whether the platform logger emits the one-line format. It doesn't seem 
> to be too much additional work to have SimpleFormatter do the same, 

Are you suggesting to have SimpleFormatter to support controling the 
one-line format vs the current 2-line format?  I don't think so but just 
to clarify.

> or are you assuming that applications wanting a one-line format will 
> configure their own formatter with 
> java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.formatter?

Right.  Applications should have its own formatter if they want one-line 
format before 6381464 is fixed.  My intent is to defer 6381464 since it 
impacts existing applications that require time to get feedback from 
customers.   What I propose to do in the platform logger is for internal 
debugging use as an interim solution before 6381464.

Mandy