public static void log(String msg){ Logger logger = Logger.getLogger("MyLog"); FileHandler fh; try { boolean append = true; string filePath = "actions.log"; File file = new File(filePath ); // This block configure the logger with handler and formatter fh = new FileHandler(filePath ,append); logger.addHandler(fh); SimpleFormatter formatter = new SimpleFormatter(); fh.setFormatter(formatter); // the following statement is used to log any messages logger.info(msg); } catch (SecurityException e) { // log(e.getMessage()); } catch (IOException e) { // log(e.getMessage()); } }