OnJava8-Examples/exceptions/LoggingExceptions2.java

// exceptions/LoggingExceptions2.java
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// Logging caught exceptions
// {ErrorOutputExpected}
import java.util.logging.*;
import java.io.*;

public class LoggingExceptions2 {
  private static Logger logger =
    Logger.getLogger("LoggingExceptions2");
  static void logException(Exception e) {
    StringWriter trace = new StringWriter();
    e.printStackTrace(new PrintWriter(trace));
    logger.severe(trace.toString());
  }
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    try {
      throw new NullPointerException();
    } catch(NullPointerException e) {
      logException(e);
    }
  }
}
/* Output:
___[ Error Output ]___
Jul 27, 2016 10:50:30 AM LoggingExceptions2 logException
SEVERE: java.lang.NullPointerException
        at
LoggingExceptions2.main(LoggingExceptions2.java:17)
*/