Initializing Log4J with Spring?

Question

I have a web app that uses Spring\'s Log4jConfigurer class to initialize my Log4J log factory. Basically it initializes Log4J with a config file that is off th

Answer 1

Rather than configuring log4j yourself in code, why not just point log4j at your (custom) configuration file's location by adding

-Dlog4j.configuration=.../conf/log4j.xml

to your server's startup properties?

Even better, just move log4j.xml to the default location - on the classpath - and let log4j configure itself automatically.