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public class ExceptionLog implements Runnable {
  public void logMessage(String message) {
    FileOutputStream fo = null;
    FileLock lock = null;

    try {
      // This can throw an exception and prevent logging.
      fo = new FileOutputStream(""log_file.txt"", true); 

      // Lock the file so only one thread can write a log message at a time.
      lock = fo.getChannel().lock();

      // Output the log message.
      System.err.println(message);
      fo.write((message + ""\n"").getBytes());
    } 

    // If an exception is caught, the original message to log is lost
    catch (FileNotFoundException e){
      logMessage(""File Not Found Exception.""); 
    }
    catch(IOException e) {
      logMessage(""IO Exception.""); 
    }
    catch (OverlappingFileLockException e) {
      logMessage(""Cannot access file."");
    }
    finally {
      // Clean up by releasing the file lock and closing the file.
      try {
        if (lock != null) {
          lock.release();
        }
        
        if (fo != null) {
          fo.close();
        }
      } catch (IOException e) {
          // This is unexpected.
          throw new RuntimeException(e);
      }
    }
  }

  public void run() {
    try {
      // Some security exception occurs here.
    } catch(SecurityException se) {
        logMessage(""Security Exception has occurred!"");
    }
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    // Start multiple threads logging messages.
    for (int x=1; x&lt;x<=20; x++) {
      (new Thread(new ExceptionLog())).start();
    }
  }    
}

public class ExceptionLog implements Runnable {
  Logger logger;
  Integer id;

  public ExceptionLog(Integer i, Logger l) {
    logger = l;
    id = i;
  }

  public void logMessage(String message) {
    // Note that the Java Logger class does not throw exceptions
    // while logging a message.
    logger.log(Level.WARNING, ""From "" + id + "": "" + message);
  }

  public void run() {
    try {
      // Some security exception occurs here.
    } catch(SecurityException se) {
        logMessage(""Security Exception has occurred!"");
    }
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    try {
      // Set up the shared logger for use by the multiple threads
      Logger logger = Logger.getLogger("MyLog""MyLog");
      FileHandler fh = new FileHandler(""log_file.txt"", true);
      logger.addHandler(fh);
      logger.setLevel(Level.ALL);
      SimpleFormatter formatter = new SimpleFormatter();
      fh.setFormatter(formatter);

      // Start multiple threads for logging messages
      for (int x=1; x&lt;x<=20; x++) {
        (new Thread(new ExceptionLog(x, logger))).start();
      }
    } catch (SecurityException e) {
        // This is unexpected.
        throw new RuntimeException(e);
    } catch (IOException e) {
        // This is unexpected.
        throw new RuntimeException(e);
    }
  }    
}