custom java.util.logging.StreamHandler

public class Foo {

    // ...

    public static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger("FooLog");
    private static Foo.MyConsoleHandler myConsoleHandler = new MyConsoleHandler();

    static {
        java.util.logging.LogManager.getLogManager().reset();
        logger.addHandler(myConsoleHandler);
        logger.setLevel(java.util.logging.Level.ALL);
    }

    /**
     * We don't want ALL the logging stuffs to be printed out in red color to the console (e.g. in Eclipse)
     * - for example, the texts printed out with logger.info("...") should remain black.
     *
     * @see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9794516/change-appengine-console-red-color-in-eclipse/16229664#16229664
     * @author Pete
     */
    public static class MyConsoleHandler extends java.util.logging.StreamHandler {
        private java.util.logging.Formatter formatter = new SimpleFormatter();

        public void publish(java.util.logging.LogRecord record) {
            if (record.getLevel().intValue() < java.util.logging.Level.WARNING.intValue()) {
                System.out.println(formatter.formatMessage(record));
                // flushing the stream, because the error output stream is not buffered, and this way the messages can mix:
                // (@see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9146257/why-do-system-err-statements-get-printed-first-sometimes)
                System.out.flush();
            } else {
                System.out.flush(); // we have to flush it here too
                System.err.println(formatter.format(record));
            }
        }
    }

    // ...

    public void bar() {
        logger.info("Info");
        logger.severe("Severe");
        // ...
    }

    // ...
}