java.util.logging.StreamHandler memory leak?

[toadaly]

After many hours of frustration today, I discovered that the following seems to result in a memory leak.

(pseudo code)

Logger logger ... (my logger)

StreamHandler handler = new StreamHandler();

logger.addHandler(handler);

logger.info(...);

It appears that an empty StreamHandler buffers messages unbounded waiting for you to connect an OutputStream. Unsure if this is a bug or a feature.

[Steve11235]

Looks to be a feature, although it could use a lot of memory if many messages were written in but never stored anywhere...