How do I configure Spring and SLF4J so that I can get logging?

Question

I\'ve got a maven & spring app that I want logging in. I\'m keen to use SLF4J.

I want to put all my config files into a directory {classpath}/config including lo

Answer 1

Just for the sake of completeness, a logback-classic variant:

    ch.qos.logback
    logback-classic
    1.0.0


    org.slf4j
    jcl-over-slf4j
    1.6.6
    runtime

Do not forget however to disable commons-logging dependency which sprouts from Spring dependency like in the accepted (Stijn's) answer.