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### class:SocketHandler [NONE]
-     public class SocketHandler
      extends StreamHandler
Simple network logging `Handler`. `LogRecords` are published to a network stream connection. By default the `XMLFormatter` class is used for formatting. Configuration: By default each `SocketHandler` is initialized using the following `LogManager` configuration properties where `<handler-name>` refers to the fully-qualified class name of the handler. If properties are not defined (or have invalid values) then the specified default values are used. <handler-name>.level specifies the default level for the `Handler` (defaults to `Level.ALL`). <handler-name>.filter specifies the name of a `Filter` class to use (defaults to no `Filter`). <handler-name>.formatter specifies the name of a `Formatter` class to use (defaults to `java.util.logging.XMLFormatter`). <handler-name>.encoding the name of the character set encoding to use (defaults to the default platform encoding). <handler-name>.host specifies the target host name to connect to (no default). <handler-name>.port specifies the target TCP port to use (no default). For example, the properties for `SocketHandler` would be: java.util.logging.SocketHandler.level=INFO java.util.logging.SocketHandler.formatter=java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter For a custom handler, e.g. com.foo.MyHandler, the properties would be: com.foo.MyHandler.level=INFO com.foo.MyHandler.formatter=java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter The output IO stream is buffered, but is flushed after each `LogRecord` is written. Since: 1.4

### constructor:SocketHandler() [NONE]
- #### SocketHandler
      public SocketHandler()
                    throws IOException
Create a `SocketHandler`, using only `LogManager` properties (or their defaults). Throws: `IllegalArgumentException` - if the host or port are invalid or are not specified as LogManager properties. `IOException` - if we are unable to connect to the target host and port.

### constructor:SocketHandler(java.lang.String, int) [NONE]
- #### SocketHandler
      public SocketHandler(String host,
                           int port)
                    throws IOException
Construct a `SocketHandler` using a specified host and port. The `SocketHandler` is configured based on `LogManager` properties (or their default values) except that the given target host and port arguments are used. If the host argument is empty, but not null String then the localhost is used. Parameters: `host` - target host. `port` - target port. Throws: `IllegalArgumentException` - if the host or port are invalid. `IOException` - if we are unable to connect to the target host and port.

### method:close() [NONE]
- #### close
      public void close()
                 throws SecurityException
Close this output stream. Overrides: `close` in class `StreamHandler` Throws: `SecurityException` - if a security manager exists and if the caller does not have `LoggingPermission("control")`.

### method:publish(java.util.logging.LogRecord) [NONE]
- #### publish
      public void publish(LogRecord record)
Format and publish a `LogRecord`. Overrides: `publish` in class `StreamHandler` Parameters: `record` - description of the log event. A null record is silently ignored and is not published