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:

<dependency>
    <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
    <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
    <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
    <version>1.6.6</version>
    <scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>

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