[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] Closed: (JBAS-4361) java.util.logging.FileHandler.formatter cannot be changed to java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter

java.util.logging.FileHandler.formatter cannot be changed to java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: JBAS-4361 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBAS-4361 Project: JBoss Application Server Issue Type: Bug Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) Components: Logging Affects Versions: JBossAS-4.2.0.CR2 Environment: JDK is 1.5.0_11-b03 Reporter: Wolfgang Knauf Assigned To: Scott M Stark Priority: Minor I tried to create a plain text log output with this logging.properties file: handlers= java.util.logging.FileHandler, java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler .level= INFO java.util.logging.FileHandler.pattern = c:/temp/logfile.log java.util.logging.FileHandler.level = INFO java.util.logging.FileHandler.limit = 50000 java.util.logging.FileHandler.count = 1 java.util.logging.FileHandler.formatter = java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.level = INFO java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.formatter = java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter I startup the server with this commandline: run.bat -c default -Djava.util.logging.config.file=c:/temp/logging.properties The log file is placed in c:\temp\logfile.log and contains my output, but it is in XML, not in Simple format. Console output is in SimpleFormat as expected.