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## java.util.logging
Class ConsoleHandler

    java.lang.Object
      java.util.logging.Handler
          java.util.logging.StreamHandler
              java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler

    public class ConsoleHandler

extends StreamHandler

This `Handler` publishes log records to `System.err`. By default the `SimpleFormatter` is used to generate brief summaries.

Configuration: By default each `ConsoleHandler` is initialized using the following `LogManager` configuration properties. If properties are not defined (or have invalid values) then the specified default values are used.

- java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.level specifies the default level for the `Handler` (defaults to `Level.INFO`).
- java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.filter specifies the name of a `Filter` class to use (defaults to no `Filter`).
- java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.formatter specifies the name of a `Formatter` class to use (defaults to `java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter`).
- java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.encoding the name of the character set encoding to use (defaults to the default platform encoding).

Since:
  1.4

Constructor Summary
`ConsoleHandler()` Create a `ConsoleHandler` for `System.err`.

Method Summary
`void` | `close()` Override `StreamHandler.close` to do a flush but not to close the output stream.
`void` | `publish(LogRecord record)` Publish a `LogRecord`.

Methods inherited from class java.util.logging.StreamHandler
`flush, isLoggable, setEncoding, setOutputStream`

Methods inherited from class java.util.logging.Handler
`getEncoding, getErrorManager, getFilter, getFormatter, getLevel, reportError, setErrorManager, setFilter, setFormatter, setLevel`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### ConsoleHandler

    public ConsoleHandler()

  Create a `ConsoleHandler` for `System.err`.

  The `ConsoleHandler` is configured based on `LogManager` properties (or their default values).

Method Detail

### publish

    public void publish(LogRecord record)

  Publish a `LogRecord`.

  The logging request was made initially to a `Logger` object, which initialized the `LogRecord` and forwarded it here.

  Overrides:
    `publish` in class `StreamHandler`
  Parameters:
    `record` - description of the log event. A null record is silently ignored and is not published

### close

    public void close()

  Override `StreamHandler.close` to do a flush but not to close the output stream. That is, we do not close `System.err`.

  Overrides:
    `close` in class `StreamHandler`

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