log4j

I want to log some behavior of my web application which also implements hibernate, spring and so on. When I tried to implement log4j logger from apache I had some troubles. When I turn on logger it is also debugging hibernate and spring which I don't want. I tried to configure properties file to the specify the package of my project but it does not work. Here is my code of property file: log4j.rootCategory=ERROR, O log4j.category.com.my.package= DEBUG, FILE, O log4j.appender.FILE=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender log4j.appender.FILE.File=log/logger.log log4j.appender.O=org.apache.log4j

Essentially I'm looking for something with the same behavior, configuration, logging levels as log4j, but with some of the missing functionality (e.g. formatted logging — see here and here for related SO threads.) Current nominees are slf4j and log5j . I'm inclined toward SLF4J. allows parameterized logging (formatting) allows consolidation of other frameworks (great for apps using many libraries, each logging to a different framework) log5j is good, but does not have near as much market penetration. since a lot of frameworks already support slf4j you will only have to setup your logging once

I have a logger that send log to a log server storage. This work fine but the patternlayout isn't used. With or without that doesn't change anything. I believe remember to read somewhere that socketappender use is own pattern and not others. <appender name="LOGSTASH" class="org.apache.log4j.net.SocketAppender"> <param name="Port" value="5000"/> <param name="RemoteHost" value="192.168.81.131"/> <param name="ReconnectionDelay" value="5000"/> <param name="LocationInfo" value="true" /> <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout"> <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{ABSOLUTE} %-5p [%c{1}]

My Project is composed of multiple modules. Each module can run on its own and have a separate log4j2.xml Say Project X is composed of three modules: Module A has log4j2.xml (contains Loggers and Appenders) Module B has log4j2.xml Module C has log4j2.xml While integrating the modules, I have to manually copy-paste the Loggers and Appenders from each module's log4j2.xml into the project specific log4j2.xml file. To avoid copy-paste, I've looked for XInclude to include multiple files but it supports only when Appenders and Loggers are in different file. http://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/manual

Every single time I run my app, I want a new log file to be generated with the time stamp. Something like MyFile-4Nov2010-132122.log . I've seen the use of the DailyRollingFileAppender however I want it to roll each and every time as opposed to just daily. Subclass FileAppender or DailyRollingFileAppender to create a new file when the appender is instantiated. Pratyusha You can also configure the XML config file as below: <appender name="file" class="org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender"> <param name="File" value="./logs/message"/> <param name="Append" value="true"/> <!-- Rollover at