Please review
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jgish/Bug7184195-global-logger-init-fix/
<http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7Ejgish/Bug7184195-global-logger-init-fix/>
In JDK7, Logger.global was deprecated because of potential deadlock
problems. The method getGlobal() was introduced as a convenience method
to get the global logger in lieu of this or calling
Logger.getLogger(Logger.GLOBAL_LOGGER_NAME). Unfortunately, this was
broken out of the gate. getGlobal() simply used the deprecated static
variable global, but this had the result of returning the global logger
without initializing the logging system. As a result, simply calling
Logger.getGlobal().INFO("msg") does nothing. So much for the
convenience of a simple global logger for devs to use ootb without any
setup required.
This simple fix simply returns
Logger.getLogger(Logger.GLOBAL_LOGGER_NAME) when getGlobal() is called
and hence results in proper setup of the logging sytem /and /a working
global logger with no "assembly" required :-)
Thanks,
Jim
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