How to enable Logger.debug() in Log4j

Question

While trying to execute the following lines only the last two statements are displayed(\"Here is some ERROR\" and \"Here is some FATAL\") and the first three statements are

Answer 1

This is probably happening because your log4j configuration is set to ERROR. Look for a log4j.properties file with contents like the following:

log4j.rootLogger=ERROR, CONSOLE

# console logging
log4j.appender.CONSOLE=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
log4j.appender.CONSOLE.Threshold=DEBUG
log4j.appender.CONSOLE.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.CONSOLE.layout.ConversionPattern=%d %-5p %-20.20t %-24c{1}: %m%n

The rootLogger is set to ERROR level here using a CONSOLE appender.

Note that some appenders like the console appender also have a Threshold property that can be used to overrule the rootLoggers level. You need to check both in this case.