title: In java.util.logging, what is the global logger for?
body: <p>In the <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/logging/package-summary.html" rel="noreferrer"><code>java.util.logging</code></a> logging framework there's a special <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/logging/Logger.html" rel="noreferrer"><code>Logger</code></a> instance named <code>"global"</code>, but I can't find any documentation of what its intended use is. The documentation for <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/logging/Logger.html#getGlobal%28%29" rel="noreferrer"><code>Logger.getGlobal()</code></a> just says</p>
  
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    <p>Return global logger object with the name <code>Logger.GLOBAL_LOGGER_NAME</code>.</p>
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  <p><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/logging/Logger.html#GLOBAL_LOGGER_NAME" rel="noreferrer"><code>Logger.GLOBAL_LOGGER_NAME</code></a>, in turn, is documented only as</p>
  
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    <p><code>GLOBAL_LOGGER_NAME</code> is a name for the global logger.</p>
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  <p>My fairly extensive searches didn't turn up any more useful documentation.</p>
  
  <p>What is the global logger intended to be used for? Is that documented somewhere that I missed?</p>