LOG4J 2: QUICKSTART AND CONCEPTS

Import into your pom.xml the following xml part.

<dependencies>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
    <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
    <version>2.9.1</version>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
    <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
    <version>2.9.1</version>
  </dependency>
</dependencies>

create the configuration file configuration.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Configuration>
  <Appenders>
    <Console name="Console">
      <PatternLayout pattern="%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n"/>
    </Console>
  </Appenders>
  <Loggers>
    <Root level="trace">
      <AppenderRef ref="Console"/>
    </Root>
  </Loggers>
</Configuration>

use it

import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;

class .....

final static Logger log = LogManager.getLogger(PrototypeFolderNavigation.class);

Leonardo Regis