This Handler subclass sends log messages to an arbitrary java.io.OutputStream. It exists primarily to serve as the common superclass of ConsoleHandler, FileHandler, and SocketHandler.

Figure 16-122. java.util.logging.StreamHandler

public class StreamHandler extends Handler {
// Public Constructors
     public StreamHandler( );  
     public StreamHandler(java.io.OutputStream out, java.util.logging.Formatter formatter);  
// Public Methods Overriding Handler
     public void close( ) throws SecurityException;                 synchronized
     public void flush( );                                 synchronized
     public boolean isLoggable(LogRecord record);  
     public void publish(LogRecord record);                       synchronized
     public void setEncoding(String encoding) throws SecurityException, 
        java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;  
// Protected Instance Methods
     protected void setOutputStream(java.io.OutputStream out) 
        throws SecurityException;     synchronized
}

Subclasses

ConsoleHandler, FileHandler, SocketHandler