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26 /**
27  * Provides the classes and interfaces of
28  * the Java 2 platform's core logging facilities.
29  * The central goal of the logging APIs is to support maintaining and servicing
30  * software at customer sites.
31  *
32  * <P>
33  * There are four main target uses of the logs:
34  * </P>
35  *
36  * <OL>
37  *    <LI> <I>Problem diagnosis by end users and system administrators</I>.
38  *           This consists of simple logging of common problems that can be fixed
39  *           or tracked locally, such as running out of resources, security failures,
40  *           and simple configuration errors.
41  *
42  *    <LI> <I>Problem diagnosis by field service engineers</I>. The logging information
43  *            used by field service engineers may be considerably more complex and
44  *            verbose than that required by system administrators.  Typically such information
45  *            will require extra logging within particular subsystems.
46  *
47  *    <LI> <I>Problem diagnosis by the development organization</I>.
48  *          When a problem occurs in the field, it may be necessary to return the captured logging
49  *          information to the original development team for diagnosis. This logging
50  *          information may be extremely detailed and fairly inscrutable. Such information might include
51  *          detailed tracing on the internal execution of particular subsystems.
52  *
53  *    <LI> <I>Problem diagnosis by developers</I>. The Logging APIs may also be
54  *            used to help debug an application under development. This may
55  *            include logging information generated by the target application
56  *            as well as logging information generated by lower-level libraries.
57  *            Note however that while this use is perfectly reasonable,
58  *            the logging APIs are not intended to replace the normal debugging
59  *            and profiling tools that may already exist in the development environment.
60  * </OL>
61  *
62  * <p>
63  * The key elements of this package include:
64  * <UL>
65  *    <LI> <I>Logger</I>: The main entity on which applications make
66  *                 logging calls. A Logger object is used to log messages
67  *                 for a specific system or application
68  *                 component.
69  *    <LI> <I>LogRecord</I>: Used to pass logging requests between the logging
70  *                    framework and individual log handlers.
71  *    <LI> <I>Handler</I>: Exports LogRecord objects to a variety of destinations
72  *                  including memory, output streams, consoles, files, and sockets.
73  *                  A variety of Handler subclasses exist for this purpose. Additional Handlers
74  *                  may be developed by third parties and delivered on top of the core platform.
75  *    <LI> <I>Level</I>: Defines a set of standard logging levels that can be used
76  *                       to control logging output. Programs can be configured to output logging
77  *                       for some levels while ignoring output for others.
78  *    <LI> <I>Filter</I>: Provides fine-grained control over what gets logged,
79  *                        beyond the control provided by log levels. The logging APIs support a general-purpose
80  *                        filter mechanism that allows application code to attach arbitrary filters to
81  *                        control logging output.
82  *
83  *    <LI> <I>Formatter</I>: Provides support for formatting LogRecord objects. This
84  *                           package includes two formatters, SimpleFormatter and
85  *                           XMLFormatter, for formatting log records in plain text
86  *                           or XML respectively. As with Handlers, additional Formatters
87  *                           may be developed by third parties.
88  * </UL>
89  * <P>
90  * The Logging APIs offer both static and dynamic configuration control.
91  * Static control enables field service staff to set up a particular configuration and then re-launch the
92  * application with the new logging settings. Dynamic control allows for updates to the
93  * logging configuration within a currently running program. The APIs also allow for logging to be
94  * enabled or disabled for different functional areas of the system. For example,
95  * a field service engineer might be interested in tracing all AWT events, but might have no interest in
96  * socket events or memory management.
97  * </P>
98  *
99  * <h2>Null Pointers</h2>
100  * <p>
101  * In general, unless otherwise noted in the javadoc, methods and
102  * constructors will throw NullPointerException if passed a null argument.
103  * The one broad exception to this rule is that the logging convenience
104  * methods in the Logger class (the config, entering, exiting, fine, finer, finest,
105  * log, logp, logrb, severe, throwing, and warning methods)
106  * will accept null values
107  * for all arguments except for the initial Level argument (if any).
108  *
109  * <H2>Related Documentation</H2>
110  * <P>
111  * For an overview of control flow,
112  * please refer to the
113  * <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=javase17&id=logging_overview">Java Logging Overview</a>
114  * </P>
115  *
116  * @since 1.4
117  */
118 package java.util.logging;
119