Logger getFilter() Method in Java with Examples

Last Updated : 20 Mar, 2019

The getFilter() method of the Logger class is used to get the current filter for this Logger instance. A Filter is useful to filter out log messages. we can say that filter decide the message gets logged or not. Filters are represented by the Java interface java.util.logging.Filter Syntax:

public Filter getFilter()

Parameters: This method accepts do not accepts any parameter. Return value: This method returns the current filter for this Logger. Below programs illustrate the getFilter() method: Program 1:

Java

// Java program to demonstrate
// Logger.getFilter() method

import java.util.logging.*;
import java.io.IOException;

public class GFG {

    public static void main(String[] args)
        throws SecurityException, IOException
    {

        // create a logger
        Logger logger = Logger.getLogger("com.core");

        // set a new filter
        logger.setFilter(new Filter() {
            @Override
            public boolean isLoggable(LogRecord record)
            {
                return true;
            }
        });

        // get Filter
        Filter filter = logger.getFilter();

        // check filter is null or not by printing
        System.out.println("Filter = " + filter);
    }
}

Output: The output printed on eclipse IDE is shown below-

Program 2:

Java

// Java program to demonstrate
// Logger.getFilter() method

import java.util.logging.*;
import java.io.IOException;

public class GFG {

    public static void main(String[] args)
        throws SecurityException, IOException
    {

        // create a logger
        Logger logger
            = Logger.getLogger("com.javacode.core");

        // set a new filter
        logger.setFilter(new MyFilter());

        // get Filter
        Filter filter = logger.getFilter();

        // check filter is null or not by printing
        System.out.println("Filter = " + filter);
    }
}
class MyFilter implements Filter {
    public boolean isLoggable(LogRecord record)
    {
        return false;
    }
}