Initialising and using Log4J in Java

Question

I need to know how to initialise and use Log4j in java.... When i try to use it i get the following error

log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (Main). log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly.

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Christopher Klewes Christopher Klewes · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-12T08:40:36

You could place a log4j.properties into your src folder, this is automatically checked for log4j configuration. A default configuration could look like this.

### Root Logger
log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG, Console

### Console Appender
log4j.appender.Console=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
log4j.appender.Console.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.Console.layout.ConversionPattern=%d (%t) %-5p %c: %m%n

Otherwise you could call the default configuration programmatically.

 import com.foo.Bar;

 // Import log4j classes.
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.log4j.BasicConfigurator;

 public class MyApp {

   // Define a static logger variable so that it references the
   // Logger instance named "MyApp".
   static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(MyApp.class);

   public static void main(String[] args) {

     // Set up a simple configuration that logs on the console.
     BasicConfigurator.configure();

     logger.info("Entering application.");
     Bar bar = new Bar();
     bar.doIt();
     logger.info("Exiting application.");
   }
 }

Taken from the short introduction document of Apache log4j. You should look for similiar questions before asking them redudant.

Consider to switch to SLF4J which enables you the possibilities to switch the logging implementation easily.

Initialising and using Log4J in Java

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