How to initialize log4j properly?

Question

After adding log4j to my application I get the following output every time I execute my application:

log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (slideselec         


        

Answer 1

Another way to do it without putting the property file on the classpath, is to set the property from the java code directly. Here is the sample code.

public class Log4JSample {

public static void main(String[] args) {
    Properties properties=new Properties();
    properties.setProperty("log4j.rootLogger","TRACE,stdout,MyFile");
    properties.setProperty("log4j.rootCategory","TRACE");

    properties.setProperty("log4j.appender.stdout",     "org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender");
    properties.setProperty("log4j.appender.stdout.layout",  "org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout");
    properties.setProperty("log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern","%d{yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%5p] %t (%F) - %m%n");

    properties.setProperty("log4j.appender.MyFile", "org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender");
    properties.setProperty("log4j.appender.MyFile.File", "my_example.log");
    properties.setProperty("log4j.appender.MyFile.MaxFileSize", "100KB");
    properties.setProperty("log4j.appender.MyFile.MaxBackupIndex", "1");
    properties.setProperty("log4j.appender.MyFile.layout",  "org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout");
    properties.setProperty("log4j.appender.MyFile.layout.ConversionPattern","%d{yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%5p] %t (%F) - %m%n");

    PropertyConfigurator.configure(properties);

    Logger logger = Logger.getLogger("MyFile");

    logger.fatal("This is a FATAL message.");
    logger.error("This is an ERROR message.");
    logger.warn("This is a WARN message.");
    logger.info("This is an INFO message.");
    logger.debug("This is a DEBUG message.");
    logger.trace("This is a TRACE message.");
}

}