FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.5.0_06"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_06-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_06-b05, mixed mode, sharing)

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
All Operating Systems

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
I am trying to debug some RMI problems I am having, so I turned on RMI debugging and write the information to a file. However with this configuration (which should write all relevant information to a file) some information is still written to the console. The information is coming from the logger sun.rmi.server.Util.

It seems that this is because in the class sun.rmi.server.Util the field serverRefLog is initialised using the unitialised value of the field logLevel in the same class.

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
1. Set up source code and logging.properties as shown below
2. run java -Djava.util.logging.config.file=logging.properties test.Client


EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
No output should appear on the console
ACTUAL -
Some output appears in the console of the form
28-Mar-2006 12:39:38 sun.rmi.server.Util computeMethodHash

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

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logging.properties

handlers = java.util.logging.FileHandler
.level = OFF
sun.rmi.level = ALL

Server.java

package test;
import java.rmi.*;
public interface Server extends Remote {}

ServerImpl.java

package test;
import java.rmi.*;
import java.rmi.registry.*;
import java.rmi.server.*;
public class ServerImpl extends UnicastRemoteObject implements Server {
    public ServerImpl() throws RemoteException {}

    public void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
        LocateRegistry.createRegistry(1234);
        Naming.rebind("//localhost:1234/Server", new ServerImpl());
    }
}
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