cannot find symbol [ERROR] symbol: method getlogger(java.lang.Class<org.first.FirstMaven.App>)

Question

I am new to Maven and trying to compile a simple program using Log4j. When i compile the project using mvn compile then it brings downloads all the jar. I have already added the dependencies into pom.xml but not sure why it is not recognizing the slf4j.jar. Here is the program and snippet of pom.xml

package org.first.FirstMaven;
import org.slf4j.*;
public class App
{
    public static void main( String[] args )
    {
          Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getlogger(App.class);
          logger.info("Hello World!");
    }
}

Pom.xml: 
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
      <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
      <version>1.6.1</version>
    </dependency>

Error:

org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.7.0:compile (default-compile) on project MavenTestApp: Compilation failure /home/first/MAVEN/MavenTestApp/src/main/java/org/first/FirstMaven/App.java:[13,40] cannot find symbol symbol: method getlogger(java.lang.Class) location: class org.slf4j.LoggerFactory

Pratapi Hemant Patel Pratapi Hemant Patel · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-11T05:38:50

You are using getlogger (small L), its getLogger.

 public static void main( String[] args )
 {
      Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(App.class);
      logger.info("Hello World!");
 }

If you are using any IDE, try to use auto-complete feature (for Eclipse Ctrl + Space), to avoid such mistakes.

cannot find symbol [ERROR] symbol: method getlogger(java.lang.Class<org.first.FirstMaven.App>)

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