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

If you are using Jetty you can add extra classpaths on a per application basis:

http://wiki.eclipse.org/Jetty/Reference/Jetty_Classloading#Adding_Extra_Classpaths_to_Jetty

This will allow you to load your log4 properties in a standard manner (from the classpath:)

in web.xml:

       
           org.springframework.web.util.Log4jWebConfigurer
       
       
           log4jConfigLocation
           classpath:${project.artifactId}-log4j.properties
       

in jetty-web.xml:

        
            /contexts/log4j