static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger("global"); // standard java logging
capability
static Handler fh = null; // file handler
static Handler ch = null; // console handler

try
{
 fh = new FileHandler("LOGFILE-NewDraw%g.log", 50000, 10, false); //
default level = ALL
 ch = new ConsoleHandler(); // default level = INFO
}
catch (SecurityException e1)
{
 System.err.println("Security Exception"); // should not happen
 e1.printStackTrace();
 System.exit(1);
}
catch (IOException e1)
{
 System.err.println("IO Exception");
 e1.printStackTrace();
 System.exit(1);
}
// default handler for console is SimpleFormatter()
fh.setFormatter(new SimpleFormatter()); // default handler for file is XML
fh.setLevel(Level.ALL); // change level here if you want to change it
ch.setLevel(Level.ALL);
logger.addHandler(fh);
logger.addHandler(ch);
logger.setLevel(Level.ALL); // null
// default is one parent handler and that is console at level INFO, so kill
it
// since we want to have control over all handlers
logger.setUseParentHandlers(false);

// a couple of test messages, both go into log file
System.out.println("testing level \"fine\""); // should not see (ch level is
INFO)
System.out.println("testing level \"warning\""); // should see this msg