System.out and System.err differences?

[Dirk Schreckmann]

In another thread, kelvin cheung just asked the following.

Originally posted by kelvin cheung:
hi,
may i ask you whats the difference between : system.out and system.err ?

[ May 06, 2004: Message edited by: Dirk Schreckmann ]

[Dirk Schreckmann]

You may want to take a look at the System class documentation to see what it has to say.
In a nutshell, they're just two different output streams. By default, in Windows, both streams direct text output to the system console.
Note that the "destination" of these output streams can be changed by calling System.setOut(PrintStream) and System.setErr(PrintStream). So, a programmer could decide to direct all normal output to the console, or to a text file, while directing all critical errors to a different location, like a special error log file.
Are you getting the idea?
[ May 06, 2004: Message edited by: Dirk Schreckmann ]

[kelvin cheung]

Hi Dirk Schreckmann ,
i think i understand more now... ^^
thanks man ^^ ~~