OK, so the configuration idea does not work.

How about the idea of using the console log instead of System.err for these 
messages, on systems that have such a thing?


> On Mar 23, 2017, at 12:04 PM, Alan Bateman <alan.bate...@oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> On 23/03/2017 18:44, Alan Snyder wrote:
> 
>> If I understand JEP 264 correctly, it should be possible to direct platform 
>> generated error messages to locations other than the standard error stream 
>> (System.err).
>> 
>> Is that correct?
>> 
>> If so, would it not make sense for the default to be the (platform 
>> dependent) console log rather than System.err, which is used by applications 
>> for their own error messages?
> System.Logger can be configured to send log messages to whatever logging 
> library you are using. However, is is not appropriate here, ditto for several 
> other areas where you don't want arbitrary code to execute.
> 
> -Alan

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