Simple Logger Example

import java.util.logging.*;

public class SimpleLogging {
    static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger("Simple Log");
    
    void processData(){
        log.info("About to start processing data");
        /* Do some processing here */
        log.info("Finished procesing data");
    }
    public static void main(String args[]){
        SimpleLogging myLog = new SimpleLogging();
        myLog.processData();
    }
}

Output

Jul 24, 2014 2:14:51 PM logger.SimpleLogging processData
INFO: About to start processing data
Jul 24, 2014 2:14:52 PM logger.SimpleLogging processData
INFO: Finished procesing data

static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger("Simple Log");

Above statement creates a logger with the name 'Simple Log'. If a logger with the name 'Simple Log' exist already, then the existed logger is returned.

log.info("About to start processing data");

Above statement logs the information message. By default, the information messages are logged to console. So that only you are seeing the logged messages in console.

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