-- LOGGING UTILITY CLASS --
package com.simone.test1.Log;

import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import java.util.logging.LogManager;


public class LogUtils
{
    @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
    static public Logger GetLogObject(Class InputClass)
     {
        Logger ReturningLogObject = null;
        InputStream stream = InputClass.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("logging.properties");
        try
        {
            LogManager.getLogManager().readConfiguration(stream);
            ReturningLogObject = Logger.getLogger(InputClass.getSimpleName());

        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return ReturningLogObject;
    }
}

== LOGGING.PROPERTIES (GOES IN RESOURCES) ==
handlers= java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler
.level= INFO
java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.level = INFO
java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.formatter = java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter
java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter.format=[%1$tb %1$td %1$tY %1$tl:%1$tM:%1$tS] [%3$s] [%4$s]: %5$s%n