Unified Logging was introduced in JDK 9. It’s purpose was to offer JVM developers an API and component that was similar to the logging frameworks used by Java developers. My main interest in Unified Logging (UL) is rooted in my need for information about how the garbage collection is behaving. It is this information that allows me to understand how to tune the garbage collector. Prior to UL, the flags of choice were as follows. -Xloggc:gc.log -XX:+PrintGCDetails -XX:+PrintTenuringDistrib...
