why is Log4j trying to find log4j.dtd

Question

I\'m getting an exception when I try to run my application (in eclipse) complaining about log4j.dtd. Am I meant to have a dtd file if I use the xml configuration for log4j?

Answer 1

If you use an XML file as log4j configuration file, look in the DOCTYPE tag and you will find something like this:

So you need that DTD file, because it is the definition of the structure of your XML.

Anyway you can use a properties file as configuration file, instead of an XML.

EDIT: I've just found a correlated question that could help you: Eclipse: Referencing log4j.dtd in log4j.xml