Java Logger only to file, no screen output

Question

I have quite a simple problem but can\'t find a solution for it. I have a logger with a file handler added, but it still spams the hell out of my console. How could I get the lo

Answer 1

Use log4j with

import org.apache.log4j.Logger;

Logger logger = Logger.getLogger("com.whatever");
PropertyConfigurator.configure("file-log4j.properties");

and set your display levels in file-log4j.properties:

# Root logger option
log4j.rootLogger=INFO, file

# Direct log messages to a log file
log4j.appender.file=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
log4j.appender.file.File=index-service.log
log4j.appender.file.MaxFileSize=1MB
log4j.appender.file.MaxBackupIndex=1
log4j.appender.file.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.file.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ABSOLUTE} %5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n
log4j.appender.file.Append=false