Does the System logger use computer resources?

Question

I want to launch an applet with sandbox permissions but it accesses System time and I has a system logger which am not sure can run in a protected view.

Answer 1

A sand-boxed applet can access System.currentTimeMillis().

A sand-boxed applet can only access an anonymous logger (i.e. not a named logger) as might be obtained from Logger.getAnonymousLogger(). I doubt most 3rd party APIs would have the ability to create an anonymous logger, as they are usually used in apps. with all-permissions or no security manager. Either way, the logger for a sand-boxed applet cannot dump the log to a place that would not be permitted in a sand box (e.g. File or a printer).