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log4j - show logs both in file and console


I have two appenders, one for file and another for console. I want Eclipse console to show both file and console logs, but in the same time file to show only its own logs. How do I do that?

Here is conf.

<appender name="FILE" class="org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender">
 <errorHandler class="org.jboss.logging.util.OnlyOnceErrorHandler"/>
 <param name="Append" value="true"/>
 <param name="Threshold" value="INFO"/>
 <param name="File" value="${jboss.server.log.dir}/file.log"/>
 <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
    <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d %-5p %m%n"/>
 </layout>

<appender name="CONSOLE" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender">
  <errorHandler class="org.jboss.logging.util.OnlyOnceErrorHandler"/>
  <param name="Target" value="System.out"/>
  <param name="Threshold" value="INFO"/>
  <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
     <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d %-5p [%c{1}] %m%n"/>
  </layout>

Also, file log is showing only logs from specific package.

<category name="com.project.example" additivity="false">
   <appender-ref ref="FILE"/>
   <priority value="INFO"/>
</category>

And root:

<root>
  <priority value="${jboss.server.log.threshold}"/>
  <appender-ref ref="CONSOLE"/>
  <appender-ref ref="FILE"/>
</root>

Solution

  • You have to configure your appender in logger tag as below.

    <logger name="com.project.example">
        <appender-ref ref="FILE" />
        <appender-ref ref="CONSOLE" />
    </logger>
    <root>
        <level value="debug" />
        <appender-ref ref="CONSOLE" />
    </root>