log4j and the thread context classloader

Question

I\'m a newbie to Java and just starting to figure out the concept of class loaders. Right now I am having some issues with log4j regarding its use of the thread context clas

Answer 1

You appear to have stumbled upon the major problem with log4j (and the Apache Commons Logging library), namely that they have a ridiculously hard time discovering and interacting with the right classloaders as they're being used. There's a very dense explanation, complete with examples, here; the take-home message is that one of the primary driving forces for the new logging framework SLF4J was to eliminate these issues entirely. You might want to swap it in and see if your life is made any easier.