From 014225ccc81b43fa06c1cba99b8934c71e65b8d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Procter <j.procter@dundee.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2023 16:35:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] JAL-4298 reuse existing log level preference method

---
 src/jalview/gui/Console.java |   24 ++++--------------------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/jalview/gui/Console.java b/src/jalview/gui/Console.java
index 960421f..b8aad21 100644
--- a/src/jalview/gui/Console.java
+++ b/src/jalview/gui/Console.java
@@ -217,30 +217,14 @@ public class Console extends WindowAdapter
     // logLevelCombo.addItem(LogLevel.ERROR);
     // logLevelCombo.addItem(LogLevel.OFF);
     // set startingLogLevel
-    if (jalview.bin.Console.log == null)
+    
+    if (jalview.bin.Console.getLogger() == null)
     {
-      try
-      {
-        startingLogLevel = LogLevel
-                .valueOf(Cache.getDefault(Cache.JALVIEWLOGLEVEL, null));
-      } catch (IllegalArgumentException e1)
-      {
-        jalview.bin.Console.debug(
-                "Invalid value for preference " + Cache.JALVIEWLOGLEVEL);
-      } catch (NullPointerException e2)
-      {
-        // no value in preferences
-      } finally
-      {
-        if (startingLogLevel == null)
-        {
-          startingLogLevel = LogLevel.INFO;
-        }
-      }
+      startingLogLevel = jalview.bin.Console.getCachedLogLevel();
     }
     else
     {
-      startingLogLevel = jalview.bin.Console.log.getLevel();
+      startingLogLevel = jalview.bin.Console.getLogger().getLevel();
     }
     setChosenLogLevelCombo();
     logLevelCombo.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
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