Spring Pointer to Log4j Configuration File

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Spring Log4j

Add the following to the Spring appContext.xml to force Spring to pick up a Log4j configuration file from a specified location.

<bean id="log4jInitialization"
	class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.MethodInvokingFactoryBean">
		<property name="targetClass"
			value="org.springframework.util.Log4jConfigurer" />
		<property name="targetMethod" value="initLogging" />
		<property name="arguments">
			<list>
				<value>conf/log4j.xml</value>
			</list>
		</property>
	</bean>

or, You could also edit web.xml file to add the log4j configuration

<context-param>
         <param-name>log4jConfigLocation</param-name>
         <param-value>/WEB-INF/log4j.properties</param-value>
  </context-param>
  <context-param>
         <param-name>log4jRefreshInterval</param-name>
         <param-value>1000</param-value>
  </context-param>
  <listener>
        <listener-class>org.springframework.web.util.Log4jConfigListener</listener-class>
  </listener>

Log4j General Configuration

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