OnJava8-Examples/logging/LogToFile.java

// logging/LogToFile.java
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// {ErrorOutputExpected}
import java.util.logging.*;

public class LogToFile {
  private static Logger logger =
    Logger.getLogger("LogToFile");
  public static void
  main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    logger.addHandler(
      new FileHandler("LogToFile.xml"));
    logger.info("A message logged to the file");
  }
}
/* Output:
___[ Error Output ]___
Jul 27, 2016 10:50:41 AM LogToFile main
INFO: A message logged to the file
*/