1. Java Logging
2. Java Logging: Overview
3. Java Logging: Basic Usage
4. Java Logging: Logger
5. Java Logging: Logger Hierarchy
6. Java Logging: Log Levels
7. Java Logging: Formatters
8. Java Logging: Filters
9. Java Logging: Handlers
10. Java Logging: LogRecord
11. Java Logging: Configuration
12. Java Logging: LogManager

This tutorial is about Javas built-in logging API in the java.util.logging package. The tutorial explains how to add logging to your Java applications using this API, how to configure it etc. It does not cover what you should log, though. What information to log is up to you, depending on what information you need.

The version of the Java logging API covered is the version found in Java 6.

Note: This tutorial does not cover the other popular Java logging API's (Log4J, SLF4J, Apache Commons Logging, LogBack etc.). It only covers Java's built-in logging API, java.util.logging.

If you can choose your own logging API freely, you may choose one of these other, popular logging API's instead of java.util.logging. However, if you are running your web applications on Google App Engine, like I do, then you have to use the java.util.logging API.

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