What is right way to supply initialization for log4j2 in a Spring MVC Webapp using Java Config and no web.xml?

Question

I have a Spring MVC Web App (4.0) with log4j2. This webapp uses no web.xml and takes care of configuration through Java Config. Log4j2 configuration needs to take plac

Answer 1

Probably this is a little too late, but you can do the following to set the log4j2 configuration to an external path:

public class ApplicationInitializer implements WebApplicationInitializer {
    @Override
    public void onStartup(ServletContext servletContext)
        throws ServletException {
        servletContext.setInitParameter(Log4jWebSupport.LOG4J_CONFIG_LOCATION, "file:///path/to/log4j2.xml");