log4j configuration file in a multi-module Maven project

Question

I am working on a multi-module Maven project, whose structure is like this:

war-module
jar-module

The war-module depends on the jar-module,

Answer 1

From my experience this can be implemented in an easy way , just :

1. Make the log4j configuration resource at the parent module.
2. Call the dependency of log4j in all pom modules.

Detailed steps:

1. Create a project with common-config
2. In the src/main/resources folder put the log4j or logback config file
3. Install the artifact in the local Maven repository to be used by other projects
4. Add the dependency as a normal Maven dependency in the subsequent projects

 
  com.your.group.id 
  common-config 
  provided 

I prefer to use the scope provided and provide the file from a classpath config folder at runtime.