ConsoleWindow.init()

[jon80]

The following code should display a window and write to:

System.setOut()
System.setErr()

1. I didn't find any log files or see anything displayed in the console, where do these methods write?

2. ConsoleWindow.init() has to be called from the main method, whilst somehow I am under the impression that this is called automatically.

3. ConsoleWindow.init() should call a window that displays debug messages. However, no such window appears.

Any ideas?

:confused:

[B]ConsoleWindow.java1[/B]
package homenetwork.bkr.training;

import javax.swing.*;
import java.io.*;

/** A window that displays the bytes sent to System.out and System.err
 *
 */
public class ConsoleWindow {
	
	public void init()
	{
		JFrame frame = new JFrame();
		frame.setTitle("Console Window");
		final JTextArea output = new JTextArea();
		output.setEditable(false);
		frame.add(new JScrollPane(output));
		frame.setSize(DEFAULT_WIDTH, DEFAULT_HEIGHT);
		frame.setLocation(DEFAULT_LEFT, DEFAULT_TOP);
		frame.setFocusableWindowState(false);
		frame.setVisible(true);
		
		//define a PrintStream that sends its bytes to the output text area
		PrintStream consoleStream = new PrintStream(new OutputStream()
		{
			public void write (int b) {} //never called
			public void write(byte[] b, int off, int len)
			{
				output.append(new String(b, off, len));
			}
		});
		
		//set both System.out and System.err to that stream
		System.setOut(consoleStream);
		System.setErr(consoleStream);
	}
	
	public static final int DEFAULT_WIDTH = 300;
	public static final int DEFAULT_HEIGHT = 200;
	public static final int DEFAULT_LEFT = 200;
	public static final int DEFAULT_TOP = 200;
}


[B]Test.java[/B]
package homenetwork.bkr.training;

public class Test {

	/**
	 * @param args
	 */
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		
		ConsoleWindow window = new ConsoleWindow();
		[B]window.init();[/B]

	}

}

NOTE 1:Core Java Vol I Fundamentals 8th Ed Pg.597 (511).