FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.4.0-beta3"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.0-beta3-b84)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.0-beta3-b84, mixed mode)


FULL OPERATING SYSTEM VERSION :
Windows NT Version 4.0



A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
It seems that only global handlers (i.e. handlers attached
to the root logger) can be configured in the config file.
What about logger specific handlers? There should be a way
to attach handlers to non-root loggers without needing to
recompile anything (i.e. in the logging config file). For
example, what about using
  aLogger.handler = <handler-class-name>
in the config file to specify handlers?

In addition, I could not find any consistent doc about the
attributes for loggers and hadlers that can be specified in
the logging config file. I understand that some of the
attributes can be handler specific, but the attributes
applicable to all loggers and handlers should be more
clearly documented.




STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
1. provide a list of handlers in the logging config file:
handlers=foo.bar.handler1,foo.bar.handler2

2. attach foo.bar.handler1 to foo.bar.logger1
  foo.bar.logger1.handler=foo.bar.handler1

3. attach foo.bar.handler2 to foo.bar.logger2
  foo.bar.logger2.handler=foo.bar.handler2

4. set all the handler and logger levels to Level.ALL to
avoid confusion with non-printed msgs

5. set (in code) the useParentHandlers of logger1 and
logger2 to false

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
Expected result:
foo.bar.logger1 logs using foo.bar.handler1

foo.bar.logger2 logs using foo.bar.handler2

Actual result:
No log messages at all. If the property useParentHandlers
is set true, then the both logger log using both the
handlers (i.e the root logger's handler are used).

This bug can be reproduced always.
(Review ID: 138696) 
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N/A

Logger specific handlers are now available through the logging.properties file.


<logger name>.handlers=Handler1,Handlern
<logger name>.useParentHandlers=boolean
 
Handler1 and Handlern are class names for each Handler
 

Some modifications and additions to the original report...

The attribute to attach handlers to a logger in the config 
file should be 'handlers' instead of 'handler' in order to 
being able to associate multiple handlers to the logger. 
Example:
aLogger.handlers = handler1,handler2,handler3

In addition, it would also be convenient to control the 
inheritance of parent handlers in the config file. Example:
aLogger.useParentHandlers = <true or false>

This is an easy thing to do and would improve the flexibility of 
the logging API by far.

Right now we had to implement our own parsing mechanism 
to be able to treat such settings made in the config file.

We'd like to be able to configure all logging settings in the 
config file!